Problema Solution
During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 63 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 24 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed 5 mph slower. The total time for the trip is 5 hrs. What was the speed on each part of the trip? The speed on the first part of the trip __ mph?
Answer provided by our tutors
63/x + 24/(x-5) = 5
solving we get
first part 19.10
second par 14.10