A ship traveled for 4 hours heading east and for 3 hours heading north. If the total distance traveled was 149 miles, and the ship traveled 3 miles per hour faster heading north, at what speed was the ship traveling east?

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22-07-2017
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A ship traveled for 4 hours heading east and for 3 hours heading north. If the total distance traveled was 149 miles, and the ship traveled 3 miles per hour faster heading north, at what speed was the ship traveling east?

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jdoe0001 jdoe0001 · Answer 1 · 2017-07-22T23:00:55+02:00

just like the previous one

if the ship travelled a total of 149 miles, then let's say it travelled East "d" miles and thus it travelled North the slack of 149 and "d", thus " 149 - d".

now, if the rate travelling East is say "r", then the faster rate going North is " r + 3".

[tex]\bf \begin{array}{lccclll} &distance&rate&time\\ &-----&-----&-----\\ East&d&r&4\\ North&149-d&r+3&3 \end{array} \\\\\\ \begin{cases} \boxed{d}=4r\\ 149-d=(r+3)3\\ ----------\\ 149-\boxed{4r}=3(r+3) \end{cases}[/tex]

solve for "r".