A mouse is eating cheese 3.25 meters from a sleeping cat.

Last updated: 7/28/2022

A mouse is eating cheese 3.25 meters from a sleeping cat. When the cat wakes up, the mouse immediately starts running away from the cat with a constant velocity of 1.75 m/s. The cat immediately starts chasing the mouse with a constant velocity of 4.29 m/s. Assume the cat and the mouse start running instantaneously so there are no accelerations to worry about. How many seconds after they begin running does the catch the mouse? How far does the cat have to run to catch the mouse?