SOLUTION: Two tuna boats leave the same port traveling in opposite directions along the west coast of the U.S. One boat travels 5 miles per hour faster than the other.At the end of one day's

Question 425819: Two tuna boats leave the same port traveling in opposite directions along the west coast of the U.S. One boat travels 5 miles per hour faster than the other.At the end of one day's travel they are 1,080 miles apart. What is the speed of each boat per hour.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
west bound x mph
east bound x- 5
..
They are going away from each other.

So add up their speed.

combined speed = x+x-5
=2x-5
Time = 24 hours
Distance =1080 miles
Distance = speed * time
(2x-5)* 24
48x-120=1080
48x=1080+120
48x=1200
/48
x=25 mph west bound
east bound = 25-5=20 mph

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