Question

A naval ship travels from Portsmouth, England to the west end of the Kiel Canal in northern Germany, and later returns to Portsmouth at a speed which is 10.25 km/h faster. Portsmouth is 820 km from the Kiel Canal. If the trip to the Kiel Canal takes 4 hours longer than the trip back to Portsmouth, find the speed of the ship in each direction and the total travel time.

Answer 1

ok just give me 2 mins

Answer 2

its pretty simple tho

Answer 3

thank you i don't understand it :( i don't like these type of problems :(

Answer 4

the problem is pretty simple you just need a pen and a paper just visualise the ship as it is moving talking note of direction it give like a triangular or rectangular figure then you can go from there.....i sued to solve these things in 10th grade now im a college senior

Answer 5

so just follow my pattern

Answer 6

ive tried trust me, i just cant put them into perspective... anything else i can do but not these word ones :( i know horrible :(

Answer 7

ok following....

Answer 8

ok ill solve it and give you the solution just give me time

Answer 9

thank you so much, i greatly appreciate it

Answer 10

when you say time? do you mean a few times or later on during the day?

Answer 11

let x be the speed from England to Germany, so speed from G to E is x+10.25, because the ship return at 10.25km/h faster
let y be the time going from G to E, so time from E to G is y+4 (4hrs longer)

England to Germany Germany to England
speed x km/h x+10.25
time y+4 y

distance=speed * time
so x(y+4)=820
y(x+10.25)=820

solve that get y=16 or y=-20 (not logical since time cant be negative)
so y=16 -> x=41
then speed from England to Germany = 41km/h
speed from Ger to End = 41+10.25=51.25 km/h

Answer 12

awesome... but what is the total travel time?

Answer 13

y+y+4=16+16+4=32 hrs

Answer 14

oh damn, 36 i mean

Answer 15

Let subscript 1 denote the trip there and subscript 2 denote the trip back. Velocity is simply distance divided by time.

v1=d/t1=820/(4+x) with x being the time taken for the trip back.Since it tells you the trip is 4 hours longer than the trip back, naturally it is 4+x.
v2=d/t2=820/x=v1+10.25 because it tells you the second trip is 10.25 faster so you have 2 equations for v2. Isolate for v1=820x/10.25 and equate it with the first v1 equation from before, so v1=820/x-10.25=820/(4+x). Solve for x which is 16. Plug x back into all equations and you have the speeds.

Answer 16

Great, thank you so much for your help, i greatly appreciate it

Answer 17

np