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Question 656632: i need a word problem for 35(t-1)=20t
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A boat leaves a dock, sailing at 20 miles per hour.
Another boat leaves the same dock one hour later, following the first boat at 35 miles per hour.
How long has the first boat been sailing when the second boat catches up to it?
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