A bird of species? A, when? diving, can travel six times as fast as a bird of species B top speed. If the total speeds for these two birds is 238238 miles pe

Question

Can somebody help me out with the format/formula of this problem? Algebra is not my strong suit! Thank you. 

Answer 1

You look like you had a typing problem on this one.

 

Let b = the speed of bird species B.

 

The the speed of bird species A is 6b.

 

If the total speeds for these birds is 238 (you typed 238238 which is much too large), the there is an equation

 

6b + b = 238.

 

Solving,

 

7b = 238

 

b = 238/7 = 34 mi/hr.

 

If you need the speed of the bird species A, what do you do next?