Two boats start together and race across a 78 km wide lake and back. Boat A goes across at 78 km/h and returns at 78 km/h. Boat B goes across at 39 km/h, and its crew, realizing how far behind it is getting, returns at 117 km/h. Turnaround times are negligible, and the boat that completes the round-trip first wins (a) Which boat wins? (Or is it a tie?)  A, B, or is it a tie? By how much?  km (b) What is the average velocity of the winning boat?  km/h

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Two boats start together and race across a 78 km wide lake and back. Boat A goes across at 78 km/h and returns at 78 km/h. Boat B goes across at 39 km/h, and its crew, realizing how far behind it is getting, returns at 117 km/h. Turnaround times are negligible, and the boat that completes the round-trip first wins

(a) Which boat wins? (Or is it a tie?)

 A, B, or is it a tie?


By how much?
 km

(b) What is the average velocity of the winning boat?
 km/h

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