SOLUTION: A man can row a boat four miles per hour in still water. If he can row downstream 3 times as fast as he can row upstream, find the rate of the current.

Question 888146: A man can row a boat four miles per hour in still water. If he can row downstream 3 times as fast as he can row upstream, find the rate of the current.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the rate of the current
= man's rate going downstream
= man's rate going upstream
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The rate of the current is 2 mi/hr
check:

OK
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