A runner is jogging in a straight line at a steady vr= 7.3 km/hr. When the runner is L= 2.1 km from the finish line, a bird begins flying straight from the runner to the finish line at vb= 29.2 km/hr (4 times as fast as the runner). When the bird reaches the finish line, it turns around and flies directly back to the runner After this first encounter, the bird then turns around and flies from the runner back to the finish line, turns around again and flies back to the runner. The bird repeats the back and forth trips until the runner reaches the finish line. How far does the bird travel from the beginning (including the distance traveled to the first encounter

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Answer:

Explanation:

Time taken by jogger to travel the distance to finishing line = 2.1 / 7.3

= .28767 hr

Bird will keep flying for this time period

distance covered by bird = speed x time

= 29.2 x .28767 km

= 8.4 km .