SOLUTION: In a two-boat sailing race, one boat, wind sprite rounds the final buoy and sails straight for the finish line at 12.0 knots. Exactly4 minutes after wind sprite rounds the final bu

Question 522311: In a two-boat sailing race, one boat, wind sprite rounds the final buoy and sails straight for the finish line at 12.0 knots. Exactly4 minutes after wind sprite rounds the final buoy, the other boat, and porpoise, reaches that point and heads for the finish line at 12.7 knots. Wind sprite reaches the finish line 49minutes after rounding the last buoy. Who wins the race?

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In a two-boat sailing race, one boat, wind sprite rounds the final buoy and sails straight for the finish line at 12.0 knots.
Exactly4 minutes after wind sprite rounds the final buoy, the other boat, and porpoise, reaches that point and heads for the finish line at 12.7 knots.
Wind sprite reaches the finish line 49minutes after rounding the last buoy.
Who wins the race?
:
The other boat has to complete the race in 4 min less time than the Sprite just to tie, 45 min.
Find the time it takes the other boat to cross the finish line
Write a time equation, time = dist/speed.
:
= 46.3 min
:
The other boat loses by 1.3 min

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