SOLUTION: A boat moves 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time it moves 19 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current is 9 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in s
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Question 159403: A boat moves 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time it moves 19 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current is 9 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in still water.
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boat moves 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time it moves 19 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current is 9 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in still water.
:
Let x = speed in still water
then
(x+9) = speed downstream
and
(x-9) = speed upstream
:
Times of the two trips are equal; write a time equation from this fact:
Time =
:
Downstream time = Upstream time
=
Cross multiply:
19(x-9) = 9(x+9)
:
19x - 171 = 9x + 81
:
19x - 9x = 81 + 171
:
10x = 252
x =
x = 25.2 km in still water
:
:
Check solution by confirming the times are equal:
19/34.2 = .56 hrs
9/16.2 = .56 hrs
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