SOLUTION: A twin-engine pontoon boat can cross the river in 3 hours when both engines are operating. It takes 8 hours longer for the boat to cross the river using only engine one than it doe

Question 1137665: A twin-engine pontoon boat can cross the river in 3 hours when both engines are operating. It takes 8 hours longer for the boat to cross the river using only engine one than it does when using only engine two. How long would it take each engine working alone to power the boat so it can cross the river? Use lowercase variable t for time and write a quadratic equation to model this problem.

Answer by ikleyn(52863) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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IF the engines are TWINs THEN the problem is formulated INCORRECTLY.

Read your post and think on it.

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