SOLUTION: a fishing boat left the Azores and traveled west. A cruise ship left four hours later traveling at 14km/h in an effort to catch up to the fishing boat. After traveling for ten hou

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Question 680355: a fishing boat left the Azores and traveled west. A cruise ship left four hours later traveling at 14km/h in an effort to catch up to the fishing boat. After traveling for ten hours the cruise ship finally caught up. What was the fishing boat's average speed?
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a fishing boat left the Azores and traveled west.
A cruise ship left four hours later traveling at 14km/h in an effort to catch up to the fishing boat.
After traveling for ten hours the cruise ship finally caught up.
What was the fishing boat's average speed?
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Let s = speed of the fishing boat
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When the ship catches the boat, they will have traveled the same distance
Write a dist equation; dist = speed * time
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fish boat dist = ship dist
s(10+4) = 14(10)
14s = 140
s = 140/14
s = 10 km/hr is the speed of fishing boat
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Check this by finding the distance each traveled
10(14) = 140 km
14(10) = 140 km