SOLUTION: Pete is planning to take a motorboat ride for 80 miles and then take a rowboat for another 20 miles. He figures his motorboat can travel at a rate that is twice as fast as he can r
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Question 438062: Pete is planning to take a motorboat ride for 80 miles and then take a rowboat for another 20 miles. He figures his motorboat can travel at a rate that is twice as fast as he can row the rowboat. If he wants to take 3 hours for the trip, how fast will he row the rowboat? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Pete is planning to take a motorboat ride for 80 miles and then take a rowboat for another 20 miles.
He figures his motorboat can travel at a rate that is twice as fast as he can row the rowboat.
If he wants to take 3 hours for the trip, how fast will he row the rowboat?
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Let r = speed of the rowboat
then
2r = speed of the motorboat
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Write a time equation: time = dist/speed
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Rowboat time + motor time = 3 hrs + = 3
multiply by 2s
2s* + 2s* = 2s(3)
Cancel the denominators, results
2(20) + 80 = 6s
40 + 80 = 6s
120 = 6s
s =
s = 20 mph, an incredible speed for a rowboat
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Check solution using the time equation + =
1 + 2 = 3 hrs
