During the first part of a trip a canoeist travels 48 miles at a certain speed. The canoeist travels 19 miles on the second part of the trip at a speed of 5mph slower. The total time for the trip was 3 hours. What was the time for each part of the trip?

We know that d=rt.

Therefore, t=d/r

The first part of the trip, the canoeist traveled for

hours... [1]

The second part, they traveled for:

hours... [2]

Altogether, it took 3 hours.



Solve for r.

You will get two values. Only one will make sense.

Sub that value into [1] and [2], respectively, to find the time for each trip.