9 is greater because it’s a positive number
THE ANSWER TO X IS 14
1-3x+15
-3x=12/3=4
2-5x-45
+5=50/5=10
3-4+10=14
<span>Let m = speed of motorboat
and c = speed of current
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When going downstream, current speed is added to boat speed -- and, the total speed is "8 miles downstream in 20 minutes"
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To convert to "miles per hour" we multiply by 60 mins per 1 hour:
(8 miles/20 mins) * (60 mins/1 hour) = 24 mph
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This gives us our first equation (1):
m+c = 24
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When going upstream, the boat speed is reduced by the current -- and, the total speed is "8 miles in 30 minutes".
To convert to "miles per hour" we multiply by 60 mins per 1 hour:
(8 miles/30 mins) * (60 mins/1 hour) = 16 mph
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This gives us our second equation (2):
m-c = 16
m = 16+c
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Plug the above into equation 1 and solve for c:
m+c = 24
16+c+c = 24
16+2c = 24
2c = 8
c = 4 mph </span>
It’s (a) 104
You’ll just replace the letters for the values given (10 and 2) next solve the exponents add your results together and you to 104