document.write( "Question 57256: Please help! I think this may be missing something, not sure though.
\n" ); document.write( "Boat is traveling from A to B at 33mph
\n" ); document.write( "Plane is also traveling from same A to B at 605mph.
\n" ); document.write( "Plane takes 104 hours LESS to make the trip.
\n" ); document.write( "How far apart are A and B.
\n" ); document.write( "It does not say if they left at the same time, but have to assume they did.
\n" ); document.write( "It does not say for how long either were traveling.
\n" ); document.write( "Thanks in advance! \n" ); document.write( "
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Boat is traveling from A to B at 33mph
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\n" ); document.write( "How far apart are A and B.
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\n" ); document.write( "It does say they both went from A to B, therefore they are traveling the same distance. If we find the times required to make the trips, it's an easy calculation to find the distance
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = boat's time to make the trip
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\n" ); document.write( "Then (t-104) = plane's time to make the trip
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\n" ); document.write( "Boat's speed is given as 33 mph;
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\n" ); document.write( "Plane's speed = 605 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "Dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "Plane's dist = Boat's dist
\n" ); document.write( "605(t-104) = 33t
\n" ); document.write( "605t - 62920 = 33t
\n" ); document.write( "605t - 33t = +62920
\n" ); document.write( "572t = 62920
\n" ); document.write( " t = 62920/572
\n" ); document.write( " t = 110 hrs for the boat to make the trip
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\n" ); document.write( "Remember that Dist = speed * time:
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\n" ); document.write( "Dist = 33 * 110 = 3630 mi
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\n" ); document.write( "We can check out solution by finding the dist the plane travels, it should be the same.
\n" ); document.write( "605 *(110-104) =
\n" ); document.write( "605 * 6 = 3630 mi also from a to b
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\n" ); document.write( "How's that, did it make sense to you? \n" ); document.write( "
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