HELP!!!! In the early days of the civil war, a soldier had to carry the following equipment while marching: ten pounds of gun equipment including eighty rounds of ball cartridge, one pound of powder and five pounds of lead, knapsack, haversack, three-pint canteen, all full with 3 days rations, rubber blanket, woolen blanket, shelter tent, full winter clothing, tin cup, tin plate, knife, fork, spoon, stationery, photographs, journal, Bible, tobacco, pipes, comb and brush, shaving tools, sewing kit, toothbrush, soap and whatever other gear did not hang from hooks on the soldiers' belts. Throug

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HELP!!!!  In the early days of the civil war, a soldier had to carry the following equipment while marching: ten pounds of gun equipment including eighty rounds of ball cartridge, one pound of powder and five pounds of lead, knapsack, haversack, three-pint canteen, all full with 3 days rations, rubber blanket, woolen blanket, shelter tent, full winter clothing, tin cup, tin plate, knife, fork, spoon, stationery, photographs, journal, Bible, tobacco, pipes, comb and brush, shaving tools, sewing kit, toothbrush, soap and whatever other gear did not hang from hooks on the soldiers' belts.  Throug

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Ask this in the history section

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No, its math

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Here is the corrected one: In the early days of the civil war, a soldier had to carry the following equipment while marching: ten pounds of gun equipment including eighty rounds of ball cartridge, one pound of powder and five pounds of lead, knapsack, haversack, three-pint canteen, all full with 3 days rations, rubber blanket, woolen blanket, shelter tent, full winter clothing, tin cup, tin plate, knife, fork, spoon, stationery, photographs, journal, Bible, tobacco, pipes, comb and brush, shaving tools, sewing kit, toothbrush, soap and whatever other gear did not hang from hooks on the soldiers' belts.  Throughout the war, these men marched long and hard, sometimes up to 30 or 40 miles a day.  If a soldier marched 30 miles in 18 hours, what was his average rate of speed?

The formula "d=rt" gives the distance D traveled in time T at a rate R.

Use the 5 step organizer to solve the problem above.  Answer all parts of the organizer in the box below.  Label your answer with Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, and Part E.

A. Identify: (3 points) Read the problem carefully. You may need to read it more than once.  What are you being asked to figure out?

B. Strategize: (3 points)Use questions like these in planning the solution:

            Write all of the given information that will help you solve this problem.

            Are unnecessary facts given?  If so, what are they?

            
C. Set up: (3 points) Write the formula that you will use to solve this problem.

D. Solve: (3 points) Substitute given values into the formula.  Carry out the operations carefully.  Show all of your work.

E. Check: (3 points) Check your results with the facts given in the problem.  State your answer in a complete sentence.  Does your answer make sense to you?  If not, re-work the problem.