Problema Solution
two canoes travel down a river, starting at 9 am One canoe travels twice as fast as the other After 3.5 hours the canoes are 5.25 mile apart Fjind the speed of each canoe
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let speed of 1 be x
speed of 2 =2x
distance=speed*time
2x*3.5-x*3.5=5.25
x=5.25/3.5=1.5
spee of other=3