SOLUTION: joe bond secret agent rows 6 miles downstream in 1 hour to rescue a damsel in distress. when he finds her she tells him that he must row back upstream the same distance to defuse a

Question 248740: joe bond secret agent rows 6 miles downstream in 1 hour to rescue a damsel in distress. when he finds her she tells him that he must row back upstream the same distance to defuse a bomb set by the nefarious dr. fiendish. the bomb is timed to go off in 3 hours...and bond just barely arrives in time to defuse it. what is bonds rowing speed in still water and water and what is the speed of the current? use the 5 step solution including a table and a check.
please please please please help me im desperate
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 step???

"joe bond secret agent rows 6 miles downstream in 1 hour" ___ B + c = 6 mph

"3 hours...and bond just barely arrives in time to defuse it" ___ B - c = 6/3 = 2 mph

adding equations ___ 2B = 8 ___ B = 4

substituting ___ 4 + c = 6 ___ c = 2
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