document.write( "Question 1021016: At 8:00 am Nancy took off down a river in her boat heading north. Two hours later, William takes off down the same river in his boat also heading north. Nancy's boat speed is 3km/hour more than William's. At 12:00 pm, Nancy is 44 km ahead of William. What is the speed of each boat? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #636836 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "------------ \n" ); document.write( "Nancy's head start is: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "Time the boats from 10 PM to 12 PM \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "starting point at 10 PM \n" ); document.write( "Nancy's equation: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "William's equation: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "Nancy's speed is 19 km/hr \n" ); document.write( "William's speed is 16 km/hr \n" ); document.write( "---------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "From 8PM to 10 PM, Nancy goes \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From 10 PM to 12 PM, Nancy goes \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "In the 4 hrs, she has gone \n" ); document.write( "From 10 PM to 12 PM, William goes \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "He is \n" ); document.write( "Hope I got it! \n" ); document.write( " |