document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=438062>Question 438062</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pete is planning to take a motorboat ride for 80 miles and then take a rowboat for another 20 miles. He figures his motorboat can travel at a rate that is twice as fast as he can row the rowboat. If he wants to take 3 hours for the trip, how fast will he row the rowboat? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " He figures his motorboat can travel at a rate that is twice as fast as he can row the rowboat.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If he wants to take 3 hours for the trip, how fast will he row the rowboat?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let r = speed of the rowboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2r = speed of the motorboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rowboat time + motor time = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2F%282s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2F%282s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 2s*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2F%282s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2F%282s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2s(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominators, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(20) + 80 = 6s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 + 80 = 6s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120 = 6s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20 mph, an incredible speed for a rowboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution using the time equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + 2 = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
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