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Using and Interpreting Function Notation A tortoise and a hare are competing in a 1200 -meter race. The arrogant hare decides to let the tortoise have a 570 -meter head start. When the start gun is fired the hare begins running at a constant speed of 8 meters per second and the tortoise begins crawling at a constant speed of 5 meters per second. a. Define a function to represent the tortoise's distance from the finish line (in meters) in terms of the number of seconds since the start of the race. b. Solve for c. Define a function to represent the hare's distance from the finish line (in meters) in terms of the number of seconds since the start of the race. d. Solve for e. Who won the race?


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