During the first part of a trip, a canoeist covered 75 km at a certain speed. He then traveled 33 km at a speed that was 4 km/h slower. If the total time for the trip was 8 hr, what was the speed on each part of the trip

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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