SOLUTION: When a boat travels upstream (against the current), it takes 2 hours to travel 12 kilometers. The return trip downstream (with the current) takes 1 hour. Find the speed of the bo
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Question 347785: When a boat travels upstream (against the current), it takes 2 hours to travel 12 kilometers. The return trip downstream (with the current) takes 1 hour. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the rate of the current.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Downstream:
rate =
Upstream:
rate =
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(1)
(2)
Add (1) and (2)
The speed of the boat in still water
is 9 km/hr
The speed of thr current is 3 km/hr
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