SOLUTION: A container ship left the Azores and traveled west . Six hours later an aircraft carrier left traveling mph in an effort to catch up to the container ship . After traveling for fiv

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Question 1184723: A container ship left the Azores and traveled west . Six hours later an aircraft carrier left traveling mph in an effort to catch up to the container ship . After traveling for five hours the aircraft carrier finally caught up . Find the container ship average speed
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Container ship traveled west at r mph. Six hours later, aircraft carrier traveling R mph began travel in same direction to catch up. The carrier caught up after traveling 5 hours.

If d is the distance both had traveled upon the carrier reaching the container ship, then 
              SPEED   TIME   DIST.

Container       r    d/r     d

Carrier        R      5      d

Difference            6

d%2Fr-5=6
d%2Fr=11

Also 11r=d, and 5R=d.

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