Question

Can somebody walk me through this?
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 you

Answer 1

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

lets say jet ski and the current is 5 mph

Answer 3

Okay

Answer 4

we drove against the current for 1 hour

Answer 5

Can we make that 3 hours?

Answer 6

ya sure

Answer 7

say on the trip back we did it in 1 hour

Answer 8

so "we rode a jet ski against a 5mph current for 3 hours. on our way back it only took us 1 hour. how fast was the jet ski going?"

Answer 9

Alright. :)

Answer 10

oh wow dident think this through sorry lol. change the current to 1 mph and it will be a lot easier

Answer 11

Okay. :)