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Mathematics 18 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help Follow the 5 steps below to complete this problem. (4 points) 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 -- Josh will drive a boat Step 2: Select a current speed of the water in mph. -- at 10mph 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. -- for 2 hours

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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 travelling with the current). -- 1 hour 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. --So if Josh is travelling in a boat and the water speed against Josh is 10mph and he travels at that pace for two hours then he travelled with the currents for one hour. --How fast was Josh travelling in the still water?

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