Find the average value:
40 minutes + 50 minutes = 90 minutes
90 minutes/2 = 45 minutes
Together it will take them 45 minutes to clean the house
A = (350/13) and B = (400/-13)
Speed boat departed 1.75 hrs after steam boat1.8 hrs after speed boat departure, steam boat has sailed for a total: 1.8+1.75 = 3.55 hrssteam boat's speed is 36.8 km/hr, so it has traveled: 3.55*36.8 = 130.64 km
speed boat is 86.9 km behind steam boat. so it is 130.64-86.9 = 43.74 km from portspeed boat's speed = 43.74/1.8 = 24.3 km/hr