Consider an ant crawling along the curve (x 2) + y = 4, where x and y are in meters. The ant starts at the point (4, 0) and moves counter clockwise with a speed of 1.57 meters per second. The time taken by the ant to reach the point (2, 2) is (in seconds) ________.

• A. 3 sec
• B. 3.5 sec
• C. 2 sec
• D. 2.5sec