Crawling Crayfish! Big Claw, the crayfish, challenged Flicker to a 60 em race. Since Big Claw is much
larger, he offered to give Flicker a 10 cm head start Flicker agreed and the race
began. After 5 seconds, Big Claw had crawled 6 cm and Flicker had crawled 4 cm.
If they continue at this rate, who do you predict will win the race? justify your
prediction
How many seconds have elapsed when Big Claw and Flicker are tied?

Crayfish, 25 s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The length of race is 60 cm

Flicker gets a 10 cm head-start

Cray fish covers 6 cm in 5 s i.e. its speed is

Flicker covers 4 cm in 5 s, its speed is

Time taken by Cray fish to cover the race is

Time taken by flicker to cover race with 10 cm head start

Time taken by crayfish is less. Hence, crayfish wins the race

When they both covers the same distance, they tied momentarily i.e.

After 25 s, they tied the race.

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