There are 3 speedboats travelling down a straight river that runs North - South between two bridges which are 325 miles apart. The red speedboat starts at the North bridge and travels South at a spped of 150mph. The blue speedboat starts at the South bridge and travels north at a speed 126mph. The green speedboat starts at Schmidt's Landing which is 20 miles north of the south bridge. The green speedboat travels at a speed of 50mph.
Draw a digram showing the starting points of each boat.
Find the speed in miles per minute of each boat. Red Blue Green
To draw a diagram showing the starting points of each boat, you can use a simple line representation with labeled points. Here's an example:
```
North Bridge
(Red Speedboat)
--------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------
(Green Speedboat)
Schmidt's Landing
--------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------
(Blue Speedboat)
South Bridge
```
Now, let's calculate the speed of each boat in miles per minute.
1. Red Speedboat:
The speed of the red speedboat is given as 150 mph (miles per hour). To convert this to miles per minute, divide by 60 (since there are 60 minutes in an hour):
150 mph / 60 = 2.5 miles per minute
2. Blue Speedboat:
The speed of the blue speedboat is given as 126 mph. Similarly, to convert this to miles per minute, divide by 60:
126 mph / 60 = 2.1 miles per minute
3. Green Speedboat:
The speed of the green speedboat is 50 mph. Convert this to miles per minute:
50 mph / 60 = 0.83 miles per minute (rounded to two decimal places)
So, the speed of each boat in miles per minute is:
Red Speedboat: 2.5 miles per minute
Blue Speedboat: 2.1 miles per minute
Green Speedboat: 0.83 miles per minute