To get to a cabin, you have a choice of either riding a bicycle west from a parking lot along the edge of a rectangular reservoir for 1.2 miles and then south along the edge of the reservoir for 0.9 miles, or rowing a boat directly from the parking lot. If you can ride 1.2 time as fast as you row, which is the fastest route? Distance by bicycle? include units Distance by boat? Which is faster (bicycle/boat)?
To get to a cabin, you have a choice of either riding a bicycle west from a parking lot along the edge of a rectangular reservoir for 1.2 miles and then south along the edge of the reservoir for 0.9 miles, or rowing a boat directly from the parking lot. If you can ride 1.2 time as fast as you row, which is the fastest route? Distance by bicycle? include units Distance by boat? Which is faster (bicycle/boat)?
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Transcribed Image Text:To get to a cabin, you have a choice of either riding a bicycle west from a
parking lot along the edge of a rectangular reservoir for 1.2 miles and then
south along the edge of the reservoir for 0.9 miles, or rowing a boat directly
from the parking lot. If you can ride 1.2 time as fast as you row, which is the
fastest route?
Distance by bicycle?
include units
Distance by boat?
Which is faster (bicycle/boat)?
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