SOLUTION: Two fishing boats depart a harbor at the same time, one traveling east, the other south. The eastbound boat travels at a speed 1 mi/h faster than the southbound boat. After six hou
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Question 833141: Two fishing boats depart a harbor at the same time, one traveling east, the other south. The eastbound boat travels at a speed 1 mi/h faster than the southbound boat. After six hours the boats are 30 mi apart. Find the speed of the southbound boat.
mi/h
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their travels form a right triangle and the right angle has vertex at the departure location.
Legs of Triangle_____speed_____________time____________distance
eastbound____________r+1______________6_______________(r+1)6
southbound____________r_______________6________________r*6
Hypotenuse______________________________________
Solve the hypotenuse, Pythagorean relationship equation for r.
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