SOLUTION: ok please help me this one has been bugging me The brigatine was sailing at full speed and was thirty miles at sea whenLord Nelson decided to give chaseat twice the speed of the

Question 47363: ok please help me this one has been bugging me
The brigatine was sailing at full speed and was thirty miles at sea whenLord Nelson decided to give chaseat twice the speed of the brigatine. If Nelson caught up in 6 hours, how fast was the brigatine traveling
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the brigantine is travelling at a speed of x then Lord Nelson is travelling at a speed of 2x. The difference in the speeds is x miles per hour.
To catch the brigantine Lord Nelson needs to catch up 30 miles which takes 6 hours
Speed =distance/time = 30/6 so the speed of the brigantine is 5 miles per hour. (Lord Nelson is travelling at 10 miles per hour)
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