Laura paddles in her canoe at a speed of 5 mph for 5 miles. She then hops on her windsurfer and sails for 12 miles at a speed of 6 mph. For how long does Laura travel?

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Uberswe · Answer 1 · 2019-10-03T15:18:54+0000

Laura paddles in her canoe at a speed of 5 mph for 5 miles.

As we know that

Substitute the values we get

$Time=(5m)/(5mph)=1hr.......(i)\\$

Laura hops on her windsurfer and sails for 12 miles at a speed of 6 mph.

Again using the above formula we can write

$Time=(12m)/(6mph)=2hr.......(ii)\\$

Hence from equation (i) and (ii), we can say total time of travel
$=1hr+2hr=3hr\\$