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
>>Italia will be driving a jet ski.
Step 2: Select a current speed of the water in mph.
The current speed of the water will be 16mph.
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.

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
>>Italia will be driving a jet ski.
Step 2: Select a current speed of the water in mph.
The current speed of the water will be 16mph.
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.
>>Italia drove the jet ski for 2 hours.
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).
>>Italia took 1.5 hours to drive the jet ski back.
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.