Math question word problem

Question

A trimaran boat with a top speed of 26 knots won the World Cup in 2010 it’s top speed is 5 knots more than 1.5 times the top speed of the winner monohull in the 2007 tournament find the top speed of the monohull in the 2007 tournament ( type the answer in integer or a decimal).

Answer 1

Let's let the trimaran's top speed be t and the monohull's top speed be m. We know that "its top speed is 5 knots more than 1.5 times the top speed of the winner monohull." Translating that sentence into math, we get:

t = 1.5m + 5

Substituting the trimaran's top speed, we get:

26 = 1.5m + 5

Now I think that you can solve this for m.