Math Project Help Please

[reeses4life]

1. Choose two animals with different speeds. You can choose from the chart
that starts at the bottom of this page or do research to choose your own.
2. Design a fair race in which the two animals have an equal chance of winning
if they race at their top speed. Here are a few tips for your design:
a. The race is fair if the two animals could finish the race in the same
amount of time.
b. You can give the slower animal a shorter distance to race.
c. Since this is a video game, the race does not need to be realistic—it
can be any length, and the animals can run at a constant speed.
3. Write a system of two linear equations showing the distance each animal can
travel to model the fair race. Be sure to define all variables.
4. Graph the system to prove that the two animals have an equal chance of
winning the race. Explain how the graph proves the race is fair.

[woofgang]

how far have you got so far?

[goodgoalie]

Have you made a start?

[reeses4life]

So I have chose the animals and their speeds

[goodgoalie]

Crack on then!

[Peter Pedant]

yeah we are prepared to help
we are NOT prepared to give you the whole solution whilst you wait and do something more interesting

[reeses4life]

I AM NOT asking for the ANSWERS, I am simply asking for a start

[Peter Pedant]

good
cheetah runs at C ( metres/s)
and lion runs at l ( m/s)

the race is over the same time so cheetach runs ct metres and the lion lt metres
ct will never equal lt for the same t as c and L are different.....

so the slower on ahs to be givena head start ....
how are you gonna model that ?

[reeses4life]

Wait, what? Sorry I am not understanding very well

[Zacs-Master]

I think you'll fail on part 3 then.

[goodgoalie]

and part 4

[reeses4life]

Ok then

[vetuste_ennemi]

Premise 2 contradicts premise 1 if...
...fairness is defined as "held to same standard", i.e. who can run faster?

So we redefine "fairness in competition" to mean people who are naturally slower get a head start. Is that it?
What the cuff is a linear equation (point 4)? I ngot a good mark in O-level maths for knowing the formula for a quadratic equation (whatever that may be).

A term in the formula lives with me to to this day: the square root of 4 - ac.

[vetuste_ennemi]

The "good mark" in maths was based on memory rather than aptitude.

[Jackdaw33]

Obvious. It's yer hare and tortoise, innit?

[vetuste_ennemi]

Zeno didn't adjust accurately for relative speeds, Jackdaw, otherwise the tortoise would have had a 90 yard start.

[Jackdaw33]

The word 'math' is a dead giveaway. Actually, now I come to think of it, instead of the hare and tortoise, what about Trump and Clinton? Not sure how the Russian hackers will fit into your graph, though.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Embarrassed myself yet again? -4ac.

[Mamyalynne]

Hope you get it sorted reeses - ask your Tutor for some more guidance.