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Algebra.Com's Answer #378158 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! First find how many km head start the container \n" ); document.write( "ship has. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "to travel before the vessels are 125.1 km apart. \n" ); document.write( "The container ship also travels for time \n" ); document.write( "after it's head start \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The cruise ship travels for 3.5 hours until the \n" ); document.write( "vessels are 125.1 km apart \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |