During the first part of a trip, a canoeist travels 28 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 9 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed 5 miles per hour slower. The total time for the trip is 3 hours. What was the speed on each part of the trip?

1. With a tailwind, a jet flew 2000 miles in 8 hours, but the return trip against the same wind required 10 hours. Find the jets speed and the wind speed. 2.the coin box of the vending machine contains 6 times as many quarters as dimes. If the total amount of money at the end of the day is...

Find the number of ful 8 hour shifts that Maria worked last month. 1) She worked twice as many 6 hour shifts as 8 hour shifts. 2) She worked a total of 280 hours. How do we solve??

Mr. Buddy is thinking of starting a pseudo manufacturing business.  He plans to make cheap Tuxedos for sale to party goers.  He doesn’t know anything about sewing clothes or fabric, but he has the idea and some money to invest and wants to consider the clothing business.  He believes that his...