Question

(speed boat)- During a race, Elizabeth's speed boat travels 4mph faster than Melissa's boat. If Elizabeth's boat finishes the race in 3 hours and Melissa's finishes the race in 3.4 hours, find the speed of each boat. "could you please help me solve this?" thank you

Answer 1

does anyone knows how to solve this word problem?

Answer 2

well to work this out 4mph divided by 3 would give you 1.3 miles for the first boat.
then the second boat would be goin .65mph rounded to the nerist hundreds :P

Answer 3

i maybe wrong im not sure but thats the best i could do

Answer 4

the answer is 30 miles for melyssa and 34 miles to Elizabeth...I just don't know how to solve the equation,... put it together...do you?

Answer 5

please...does anybody knows this word problem? please

Answer 6

please help me solve this:
(speed boat)- During a race, Elizabeth's speed boat travels 4mph faster than Melissa's boat. If Elizabeth's boat finishes the race in 3 hours and Melissa's finishes the race in 3.4 hours, find the speed of each boat.
** the answer is 30 miles for melyssa and 34 miles to Elizabeth...I just don't know how to solve the equation,... put it together...do you? anyone?

Answer 7

well to work this out 4mph divided by 3 would give you 1.3 miles for the first boat. then the second boat would be goin .65mph rounded to the nerist hundreds........

then u move the decimal over 2 for each then 1.4=140mph, and the second one becomes 65mph... lemme know if those are an answer

Answer 8

no. but thank you for trying. the answer is 30 miles for melyssa and 34 miles to Elizabeth...I just don't know how to solve the equation/ put the equation together..