SOLUTION: A motorbat can travel 9 miles/hr up a river and back downstream at 15 miles/hr. Find the rate of motorbat in still water and the rate of the river current.
Question 1066862: A motorbat can travel 9 miles/hr up a river and back downstream at 15 miles/hr. Find the rate of motorbat in still water and the rate of the river current. Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Is the trip up the same distance as the trip back down?
for uP and bACK times
for r rate if no current, c for rate of just the current - this is the system needed.
ELIMINATION METHOD
Add corresponding members. ------boat speed in still water.
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Subtract corresponding members. ------speed of the river current Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A motorbat can travel 9 miles/hr up a river and back downstream at 15 miles/hr. Find the rate of motorbat in still water and the rate of the river current.
It's as simple as that...nothing COMPLEX and/or CONFUSING!