document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=680355>Question 680355</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a fishing boat left the Azores and traveled west. A cruise ship left four hours later traveling at 14km/h in an effort to catch up to the fishing boat.  After traveling for ten hours the cruise ship finally caught up. What was the fishing boat's average speed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " A cruise ship left four hours later traveling at 14km/h in an effort to catch up to the fishing boat.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " After traveling for ten hours the cruise ship finally caught up.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What was the fishing boat's average speed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = speed of the fishing boat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the ship catches the boat, they will have traveled the same distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a dist equation; dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "fish boat dist = ship dist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s(10+4) = 14(10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14s = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 140/14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 10 km/hr is the speed of fishing boat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this by finding the distance each traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10(14) = 140 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14(10) = 140 km </SPAN>\n" );
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