Question

need help

Answer 1

Step 1:

Pick a friend or family member to be the character of your word problem. This friend or family member may do one of the following:

Drive a boat
Drive a jet ski
Step 2:

Select a current speed of the water in mph.

Step 3:

Select the number of hours (be reasonable please) that your friend or family member drove the boat or jets ski against the current speed you chose in step 2.

Step 4:

Select the number of hours that your friend or family member made the same trip with the current (this should be a smaller number, as your friend or family member will be traveling with the current).

Step 5:

Write out the word problem you created and calculate how fast your friend or family member was traveling in still water. Round your answer to the nearest mph.

Answer 2

anyone want to be my buddy :)

Answer 3

haha you must go to a private school

Answer 4

oh lol I didn't read character

Answer 5

yep

Answer 6

so... boat or jet ski :)

Answer 7

jet ski

Answer 8

ok choose a nick name :)

Answer 9

Euler

Answer 10

ok how fast should the water be?

Answer 11

Wait wait no Spider man, and 10mph

Answer 12

lol ok how long will you be on jet ski?

Answer 13

2 hours

Answer 14

how long with the current 1hr 30min?

Answer 15

Well wouldn't that be what you have to figure out?

Answer 16

i am just following the steps

Answer 17

or wait nvm you are figuring out the speed of the jet ski

Answer 18

yeah sure why not just 1 to make it easier?

Answer 19

ok you save 1 hr

Answer 20

now what?

Answer 21

Okay well you know it takes you 2 hours with a current of 10mph against you to move a certain distance and you know it takes you 1 hour to go that distance with the current so now you have to figure out the speed of the jet ski

Answer 22

i am going to make it up and say 15mph :)

Answer 23

The whole point of the problem is to solve for the answer though

Answer 24

i am not a mather