SOLUTION: The Cape Cod canal is 11 miles long. A passenger boat goes from New York to Boston, via the canal and ocean, in 15 1/3 hours, while a freighter makes the same trip in 30 hours. On
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: The Cape Cod canal is 11 miles long. A passenger boat goes from New York to Boston, via the canal and ocean, in 15 1/3 hours, while a freighter makes the same trip in 30 hours. On the ocean the passenger boat averages 18mph, while the freighter averages half that rate. Inside the canal the freighter's rate was 2/3 that of the passenger boat. How far from New York is Boston, via the canal and ocean? (Hint: Use a table for the canal to obtain information used in the second table for the ocean.)
Using the Rate, Time, Distance table in my book we came up with x=8 1/4 or x=33/4. When I enter 33/4 into the equation I get 11 over 33 over 4. I am not sure how to work a fraction like this. Please help. This question is from textbook LIFEPAC Math
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Using the Rate, Time, Distance table in my book we came up with x=8 1/4 or x=33/4. When I enter 33/4 into the equation I get 11 over 33 over 4. I am not sure how to work a fraction like this
: reduces to
to divide by 4: * =
