SOLUTION: The total length of two ships is 2647 feet. The difference in their length 7 feet. a.) find the length of each ship. b.) if the football field has a length of 100 yards, determine
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Question 1104955: The total length of two ships is 2647 feet. The difference in their length 7 feet. a.) find the length of each ship. b.) if the football field has a length of 100 yards, determine the length of the large ship in terms of the number of football fields
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the length of the shorter ship =
and
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The lengths of the ships are
1320 ft and 1327 ft
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Convert yds to feet
ft
football fields
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