SOLUTION: A bow goes 240 miles downstream in the same time making go 160 miles upstream the speed of the current is 5 mph what is the speed of the boat in still water ?

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Question 1150162: A bow goes 240 miles downstream in the same time making go 160 miles upstream the speed of the current is 5 mph what is the speed of the boat in still water ?
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Answer by ikleyn(52878)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A boat goes 240 miles downstream in the same time making go 160 miles upstream the speed of the current is 5 mph
what is the speed of the boat in still water ?
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Time equation is


     = 


Cross multiply and simplify


    240*(x-5) = 160*(x+5)

    240 - 1200 = 160x + 800

    240x - 160x = 800 + 1200

      80x = 2000

        x =  = 25


ANSWER.  25 mph.


CHECK.    =  = 8.

          =  = 8.    ! Correct !

Solved.


Answer by greenestamps(13209)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The ratio of the distances is 240:160 = 3:2, and the times are the same. So the ratio of the speeds is 3:2.

Let x be the speed of the boat in still water. If the speed of the current is 5mph, then the upstream speed is x-5 and the downstream speed is x+5. So





ANSWER: The speed of the boat in still water is 25mph.
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