SOLUTION: a surveyor traveled 32 miles by canoe and then hiked 4 miles. the rate by boat was four times the rate on foot if the time spent walking was 1h less than the time spent canoeing, f

Question 1103050: a surveyor traveled 32 miles by canoe and then hiked 4 miles. the rate by boat was four times the rate on foot if the time spent walking was 1h less than the time spent canoeing, find the amount of time spent traveling by canoe
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A surveyor traveled 32 miles by canoe and then hiked 4 miles.

The rate by boat was four times the rate on foot.

If the time spent walking was 1 hour less than the time spent canoeing,
find the amount of time spent traveling by canoe.
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                SPEED       TIME       DISTANCES

CANOE             4r        32/(4r)      32

HIKE              r          4/r          4

DIFFERENCE                   1

is the canoe speed.

Time spent by canoe,
, hours canoe
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