SOLUTION: K&B River Tours offers a river trip that takes passengers from the K&B dock to a small island that is 24 mi away. The passengers spend 1 hr at the island and then return to the K&B
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: K&B River Tours offers a river trip that takes passengers from the K&B dock to a small island that is 24 mi away. The passengers spend 1 hr at the island and then return to the K&B dock. If the speed of the boat is 10 mph in calm water and the rate of the current is 2 mph, how long does the trip last? This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! K&B River Tours offers a river trip that takes passengers from the K&B dock to a small island that is 24 mi away.
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Dock to Island DATA:
distance = 24 mi ; rate = 10+2 ; time = 24/12 = 2 hrs
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The passengers spend 1 hr at the island and then return to the K&B dock.
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If the speed of the boat is 10 mph in calm water and the rate of the current is 2 mph, how long does the trip last?
Island to dock DATA:
distance = 24 mi ; rate = 10-2 ; time = 24/8 = 3 hrs
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Total time including the 1 hour on the island is 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 hrs.
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Stan H.
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