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Homework Statement
When Achiles decided to race with the tortoise, it had already walked 64 meters. After Achiles lowered the distance between him and the tortoise 8 times, he realized that he was 15 times faster than his opponent. Achiles stopped the race. How far did Achiles run before he stopped the race? They ran in one direction.
Homework Equations
s = v*t
t = s/v
v = s/t
(v - velocity, t - time, s - distance)
The Attempt at a Solution
This looks like a physics problem, but there isn't a lot of physics in this. Anyway, it seems that when Achiles stopped the tortoise had run:
64+vttt (where bottom t marks tortoise's characteristics)
Achiles stopped at:
64+vttt/8
Achiles speed is: 15vt
And I'm totally lost now :(.