Homework Help: math (algerba 1)

Posted by Ashley on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 12:07pm.

A motorboat can travel upsteam on a river at 18km/h and downsteam at 30km/h. How far upstream can the boat travel if it leaves at 8:00am and must return by noon?

math (algerba 1) - Steve, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 7:09pm
if the boat goes upstream for 1km and back, the total time taken is

1/18 + 1/30 = (5+3)/90 = 8/90 hr

since we have 4 hours available, the boat can go

4/(8/90) = 360/8 = 45km up and back.

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