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visharad
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A cat and a mouse see each other at the same time. The distance between them is 40 meters. The mouse moves in a straight line - perpendicularly to the line joining the two. The cat always moves towards the mouse. Each moves at 20 m/s. What is the closest distance the cat can reach the mouse?
I am not really sure how to work this out. I could only figure out the following:-
The cat moves along a curve. At any moment, the line joining the cat and the mouse is a tangent to the curve.
I am not really sure how to work this out. I could only figure out the following:-
The cat moves along a curve. At any moment, the line joining the cat and the mouse is a tangent to the curve.
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