SOLUTION: The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 180 minutes longer to paddle 16.8 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance downstream. What is the canoe
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Question 904944: The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 180 minutes longer to paddle 16.8 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance downstream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(r+5)*t=16,8
(r-5)*(t+3)=16.8
r*t+5*t=16.8
r*(t+3)-5*(t+3)=16.8
r = 9, t = 6/5
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