Question 1157007: The jet boat went "b" miles in "h" hours but arrived 2 hours late. How fast should it have traveled to arrive on time? Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli, MathTherapy:Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source):
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jet boat went "b" miles in "h" hours but arrived 2 hours late. How fast should it have traveled
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b is given.
h is given.
SPEED TIME DISTANCE
DID b/h h b
ON TIME r h-2 b
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = time of travel in order to arrive on time = arrives time 2 hrs late
Let = the speed of the jet boat in mi/hr arriving 2 hrs late
Let = the speed I should add in order to
arrive in hrs answer
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check:
Suppose mi hrs ( arriving 2 hrs late hrs to arrive on time mi/hr
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check this with the answer:
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The jet boat went "b" miles in "h" hours but arrived 2 hours late. How fast should it have traveled to arrive on time?
It's as simple as this: Speed going:
Time to get to destination, on time: h - 2
Speed to get to destination on time:
That's ALL!
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