A car travels 28 miles south and then 45 miles east around a lake.  A boat leaves from the same place and arrives at the same place but travels directly from point A to point B.  Calculate how many miles the boat and the car each traveled total. Then calculate who arrived first if the car was traveling at 40miles per hour and the boat traveled at 25 miles per hour

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A car travels 28 miles south and then 45 miles east around a lake.  A boat leaves from the same place and arrives at the same place but travels directly from point A to point B.  Calculate how many miles the boat and the car each traveled total. Then calculate who arrived first if the car was traveling at 40miles per hour and the boat traveled at 25 miles per hour. Type out your answers in the spaces provided below.

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