SOLUTION: two boats 120 km apart, start moving towards each other at the same time. if the boat on the left is moving twice the speed of the boat on the right and they meet after 5 hours. wh
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Question 956666: two boats 120 km apart, start moving towards each other at the same time. if the boat on the left is moving twice the speed of the boat on the right and they meet after 5 hours. whats the speed of the boats? Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
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SPEED OF THE FASTER BOAT IS 2X
SPEED OF THE SLOWER BOAT IS X
120=(X+2X)*5
120=3X*5
120=15X
X=120/15
X=8 KM/H IS THE SPEED OF THE SLOWER BOAT
PROOF:
120=(8+16)*5
120=24*5
120=120
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