Question

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.

Follow the 5 steps to complete this problem.

Answer 1

....... yes?

Answer 2

@realsofia ok she went a distance 'd'. so it took 120+30 minutes to drive d AGAINST the current. that means d = (still water speed - speed of current)*(150) do you get why? clue. going 5 mph against a 5 mph current means you're going no where. you're just standing still

Answer 3

@RONNCC what would you say is the expected distance if we added 2.5 hours inton the word problem

Answer 4

i did o-o. 2.5 hours = 150 minutes

Answer 5

@RONNCC okay and can you help me with the last step 5 please