Answer:
the relative speed should be 40mph
Explanation:
The impulse required to decrease the speed of the boat is equal to the variation of momentum of the boat:

where
m=225 kg is the mass of the boat

is the variation of velocity of the boat
By substituting the numbers into the first equation, we find the impulse:

and the negative sign means the direction of the impulse is against the direction of motion of the boat.
The correct answer would be D. A new experiment would be needed to be done in order to test the conclusions. In science there is no authority, data is the only thing that matters. So if we have two different conclusions from the same date the only solution is to perform more tests and more experiments to see what is correct.