A cat is sitting at one end of a long hallway. A mouse is running away from the cat, at a constant velocity of 1.52 m/s.

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A cat is sitting at one end of a long hallway. A mouse is running away from the cat, at a constant velocity of 1.52 m/s.

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A cat is sitting at one end of a long hallway. A mouse is
running away from the cat, at a constant velocity
of 1.52 m/s. When the mouse is 3.25 meters away
from the cat, the cat gets up and accelerates from rest at a
constant rate of 1.84 m/s2 to catch the
mouse.

Round your answers to two decimal places.

How much time does it take for the cat to catch the mouse?

__________seconds

How far does the cat run before catching the mouse?
__________meters
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