SOLUTION: there are 2 boats 225 miles apart, traveling towards each other. one boat is coming from the east at 5 mph faster then the boat coming from the west. if after 3 hours they pass eac
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Question 721660: there are 2 boats 225 miles apart, traveling towards each other. one boat is coming from the east at 5 mph faster then the boat coming from the west. if after 3 hours they pass each other, how fast is each boat traveling? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You can think of 1 boat as standing still and the
other approaching at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the boat coming from the west in mi/hr = the speed of the boat coming from the east in mi/hr
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The boat coming from the west has speed = 40 mi/hr
The boat coming from the east has speed = 35 mi/hr
