A tortoise and a hare are competing in a 1600-meter race. The arrogant hare decides to let the tortoise have a 580-meter head start. When the start gun is fired the hare begins running at a constant speed of 9 meters per second and the tortoise begins crawling at a constant speed of 5 meters per second. Let t represent the number of seconds that have elapsed since the start gun was fired. Write an expression in terms of t that represents the number of meters the tortoise is ahead of the hare.
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A tortoise and a hare are competing in a 1600-meter race. The arrogant hare decides to let the tortoise have a 580-meter head start. When the start gun is fired the hare begins running at a constant speed of 9 meters per second and the tortoise begins crawling at a constant speed of 5 meters per second.
Let t represent the number of seconds that have elapsed since the start gun was fired.
Write an expression in terms of t that represents the number of meters the tortoise is ahead of the hare.
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