5 Answered Questions for the topic Boat
A boat can travel 24 mph in still water. If it travels 186 miles with the current in the same length of time it travels 102 miles against the current, what is t
A boat can travel 24 mph in still water. If it travels 186 miles with the current in the same length of time it travels 102 miles against the current, what is the speed of the current?
from the top of a building a person spots two boats out on the lake. the angle of depression from the person to one of the boats is 48 degrees, the angle of depression from the person to the other... more
A boat traveled from Pier A to Pier B with the current in 2 hours. How far are they from the piers, if the return trip took 6 hours(current speed is 2.5mph)
I am not very good at these kinds of problems. I hope you can solve it, thanks
How you will drive the boat?
You want to pilot your boat across a river with a fast moving current. You want to reach the port directly across from you. Describe how you will drive the boat. Frames of Reference... more
find the speed of the boat going upstream and downstream
a boat takes 6.5 hours to make a 70 mile trip upstream and 5 hours on the 70 mile return trip. Let v be the speed of the boat in still water, and c be the speed of the current. the upstream speed... more