SOLUTION: A canoe takes a total of 16 hours to travel from the pier to the boat and back. It travels to the boat at a rate of 5 mph and then return at a rate of 75 mph. How far is it from

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Question 884944: A canoe takes a total of 16 hours to travel from the pier to the boat and back. It travels to the boat at a rate of 5 mph and then return at a rate of 75 mph. How far is it from the pier to the boat?
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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The boat takes 15 times as long to get there as to return. 15+1 = 16
16 hours -- 15 of them are spent getting there, and 1 is spent returning.
Since it returned at the rate of 75mph and took one hour, the pier is 75 miles from the boat.