
Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
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ISBN: 9781259616754
Author: Julie Miller, Molly O'Neill, Nancy Hyde
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.7, Problem 47PE
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To calculate: The time taken by boats to reach each other if A boat in distress, 21 nautical miles from a marina, travels toward the marina at 3 knots. A coast guard cruiser leaves the marina and travels toward the boat at 25 knots.
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