document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327079>Question 327079</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 76 miles at a certain spot speed. The canoeist travels 20 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed of 5 mph slower. The total time of the trip is 4 hours. What was the speed on each part of the trip?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use d=rt.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first part of the trip is 76 miles, so we have rt=76.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the entire trip took 4 hours, the second part took 4-t hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second part was 5 mph slower, so we have (r-5)(4-t)=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the first part, we have t=76/r.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sub into the second one:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(r-5)(4-(76/r))=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving this we have r=25.24 and 3.76\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.76 is extraneous, so we go with 25.24 mph as the rate on the first part and 20.24 on the second part.  </SPAN>\n" );
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