Answer four hundred and twenty
If Mike has 15.68 pounds of aluminum, and he wants to take at least 50 pounds of said item, then he would need to collect 34.32 more pounds of aluminum. (50 - 15.68 = 34.32)
To solve this we are going to use the formula for speed:

where

is the speed

is the distance

is the time
Let

be the speed of the boat in the lake,

the speed of the boat in the river,

the time of the boat in the lake, and

the time of the boat in the river.
We know for our problem that <span>the current of the river is 2 km/hour, so the speed of the boat in the river will be the speed of the boat in the lake minus 2km/hour:
</span>

We also know that in the lake the boat<span> sailed for 1 hour longer than it sailed in the river, so:
</span>

<span>
Now, we can set up our equations.
Speed of the boat traveling in the river:
</span>

But we know that

, so:

equation (1)
Speed of the boat traveling in the lake:

But we know that

, so:

equation (2)
Solving for

in equation (1):


equation (3)
Solving for

in equation (2):




equation (4)
Replacing equation (4) in equation (3):


Solving for

:






or

We can conclude that the speed of the boat traveling in the lake was either
6 km/hour or
5 km/hour.
Answer: The proofs are given below.
Step-by-step explanation: We are given to prove that the following statements are tautologies using truth table :
(a) ¬r ∨ (¬r → p) b. ¬(p → q) → ¬q
We know that a statement is a TAUTOLOGY is its value is always TRUE.
(a) The truth table is as follows :
r p ¬r ¬r→p ¬r ∨ (¬r → p)
T T F T T
T F F T T
F T T T T
F F T F T
So, the statement (a) is a tautology.
(b) The truth table is as follows :
p q ¬q p→q ¬(p→q) ¬(p→q)→q
T T F T F T
T F T F T T
F T F T F T
F F T T F T
So, the statement (B) is a tautology.
Hence proved.