Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

Page 780

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Activities

780

7. Solve

eq2

for

b

to calculate the actual

speed of the boat.

solve(eq2,b)

8. Substitute the known value of

b

into

eq1

,

and solve

eq1

for

a

to determine

a

, the

speed of the eastward traveling current.

solve(eq1,a) | b

The boat travels at a speed of 22.7 knots, and
the water current is approximately 7.9 knots.

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