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A speed boat at the shore wants to overtake a sail boat that is 3 km out at sea. If the sail boat is travelling away from the shore at 1.5km/hr, how fast should the speed boat travel to overtake the sail boat in 5 minutes fro the shore?

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3+1.5*5/60 = 5/60 * x

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