Physics question!!!

Test Preparation
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<p>Reviewing physics, and it’s bothering me SO much that I can’t figure out this problem? Who can help me?</p>

<p>Two cats are preparing to test their new safety helmets by running at each other and crashing. Jasmine is located 6.78 meters from the cat box and Belle is located -4.18 meters on the opposite side of the cat box. Jasmine runs with a velocity of -3.74 m/s and Belle runs with a velocity of 7.99 m/s towards Jasmine. (They are both running towards the cat box.) With respect to the cat box, where will they be when they collide?</p>

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<p>Would you prefer to solve the problem with algrebra or coordinate geometry?</p>

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<p>algebra! thanks!</p>

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<p>What have you tried so far?</p>

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<p>xJ=6.78 - 3.74T
xB=-4.18 + 7.99T</p>

<p>They meet when xJ=xB, or 10.96=11.73T. Solve for T and substitute that value in the equation for xJ.</p>