A 5-kg fish swimming at 1 m/s swallows a 1-kg fish swimming toward it at 4 m/s. The speed of the larger fish after lunch is

A. 1/6 m/s.
B. 2/3 m/s.
C. 1/5 m/s.
D. 1/2 m/s.


Answer: A

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