SOLUTION: two high speed ferries travel to same island. One at 32 miles per hour and the other at 27 miles per hr. In how many hours will the two be 15 miles apart?
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Question 778494: two high speed ferries travel to same island. One at 32 miles per hour and the other at 27 miles per hr. In how many hours will the two be 15 miles apart?
Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is your equation:
32x + 27x = 15
Solve for x.
59x = 15
x = 15/59 hours
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