Two cars start 200 m apart and drive toward each other at

Chapter 2, Problem 2.72

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Two cars start 200 m apart and drive toward each other at a steady On the front of one of them, an energetic grasshopper jumps back and forth between the cars (he has strong legs!) with a constant horizontal velocity of relative to the ground. The insect jumps the instant he lands, so he spends no time resting on either car. What total distance does the grasshopper travel before the cars hit?

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