It will take the tortoise to catch up with the hare 109 hours.
Given that,
A giant tortoise travels at 0.17 miles per hour and an arctic hare travels at 37 miles per hour. If The tortoise and the hare start out together and after half an hour the hare stops to take a rest. How long it takes the tortoise to catch up is to be determined.
Speed is defined as when an object is in motion, the distance covered by that object per unit of time is called speed.
Here,
Distance traveled by hare in half hour,
= speed * time
= 37 * 1/2
= 18.5 miles
Time is taken by the tortoise to catch up with the hare,
= distance / speed
= 18.5 / 0.17
≈ 109 hours
Thus, it will take the tortoise to catch up with the hare 109 hours.
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