Agroup of friends moored their boats together and fell asleep on the lake. unfortunately, their lashings came
undone in the night, and they drifted apart. gerald’s boat traveled due west along with the current of the lake
which moves at a rate of 1/2 mi/hr and helena’s boat was pulled southeast by some pranksters and set drifting at a
rate of 2 mi/hr.
a. if the boats came untied three hours ago, how far apart are the boats?
b. if gerald drops anchor, then in what direction should helena travel in order to reunite with gerald?

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step-by-step explanation:

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

you can't solve x because it is 2 linear equation and you only have one equation