SOLUTION: a canoe and a motor boat travel towards each other from a distance of 70 miles. The motor boat moves 12 miles per hour faster that tha canoe. The two boats pass after 2.5 hours. Ho

Question 270274: a canoe and a motor boat travel towards each other from a distance of 70 miles. The motor boat moves 12 miles per hour faster that tha canoe. The two boats pass after 2.5 hours. How fast does each boat move?
Found 2 solutions by lil-man, josmiceli:
Answer by lil-man(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the boat moves at aproxamitly 35mph
and the canoe at aproximitly 23mph

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If they are moving towards eachother at constant
speed, I can think of the canoe as being stationary and
the boat moving towards it at their combined speeds
where is the speed of the canoe
and is the speed of the boat. Their combined speeds are

They meet in hrs
If they are 70 mi apart, that distance must be covered
in order for them to meet

mi/hr
and

mi/hr
the canoe's speed is 8 mi/hr
the boats speed is 20 mi/hr
check:

mi
and

mi
mi
OK
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