Two snails, Gabriel and Marie, are captured by a chef who plans to have them for dinner. They are placed on his kitchen counter, 8 in. apart. Gabriel was placed in the original starting position (origin) and Marie was positioned 8 inches away. Then the chef goes to gather some other ingredients. Gabriel and Marie want to embrace one last time before they are cooked. Gabriel squirms towards Marie at in./min. Marie desperately 3 crawls towards Gabriel at in /min. How long will it take the two snails to reach each other? a. Draw a graph which represents the story and label the point where Gabriel and Marie meet. b. Draw a table to find the time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet. Circle/highlight the point on the table where Gabriel and Marie meet. c. Using a system of linear equations, find the amount of time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet.

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Two snails, Gabriel and Marie, are captured by a chef who plans to have them for dinner. They are placed on
his kitchen counter, 8 in. apart. Gabriel was placed in the original starting position (origin) and Marie was
positioned 8 inches away. Then the chef goes to gather some other ingredients. Gabriel and Marie want to
embrace one last time before they are cooked. Gabriel squirms towards Marie at in./min. Marie desperately
2
crawls towards Gabriel at in /min. How long will it take the two snails to reach each other?
a. Draw a graph which represents the story and label the point where Gabriel and Marie meet.
b. Draw a table to find the time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet. Circle/highlight the point on the
table where Gabriel and Marie meet.
c. Using a system of linear equations, find the amount of time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet.
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Transcribed Image Text:Two snails, Gabriel and Marie, are captured by a chef who plans to have them for dinner. They are placed on his kitchen counter, 8 in. apart. Gabriel was placed in the original starting position (origin) and Marie was positioned 8 inches away. Then the chef goes to gather some other ingredients. Gabriel and Marie want to embrace one last time before they are cooked. Gabriel squirms towards Marie at in./min. Marie desperately 2 crawls towards Gabriel at in /min. How long will it take the two snails to reach each other? a. Draw a graph which represents the story and label the point where Gabriel and Marie meet. b. Draw a table to find the time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet. Circle/highlight the point on the table where Gabriel and Marie meet. c. Using a system of linear equations, find the amount of time it took for Gabriel and Marie to meet. Sec Pages: 1 of 3 Words: 182 of 492
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