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mihalych1998 [28]
3 years ago
13

During the first part of a​ trip, a canoeist travels 18 miles at a certain speed. the canoeist travels 4 miles on the second par

t of the trip at a speed 5 mph slower. the total time for the trip is 3 hrs. what was the speed on each part of the​ trip?
Mathematics
1 answer:
storchak [24]3 years ago
5 0
We can set it up like this, where <em>s </em>is the speed of the canoeist:

\frac{18}{s} + \frac{4}{s-5} = 3

To make a common denominator between the fractions, we can multiply the whole equation by s(s-5):

s(s-5)[\frac{18}{s} + \frac{4}{s-5} = 3] \\ 18(s-5)+4s=3s(s-5) \\ 18s - 90+4s=3 s^{2} -15s

If we rearrange this, we can turn it into a quadratic equation and factor:

18s - 90+4s=3 s^{2} -15s \\ 22s-90=3 s^{2} -15s \\ 3 s^{2} -37s+90=0 \\ (3s-10)(s-9)=0 \\ s= \frac{10}{3} ,9

Technically, either of these solutions would work when plugged into the original equation, but I would use the second solution because it's a little "neater."  We have the speed for the first part of the trip (9 mph); now we just need to subtract 5mph to get the speed for the second part of the trip.

9-5 = 4

The canoeist's speed on the first part of the trip was 9mph, and their speed on the second part was 4mph.
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