SOLUTION: don traveled 20 miles downstream in a boat in the exact same length of time it took him to travel 12 miles upstream. what is the speed of the current in the stream, if the speed of
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Question 291861: don traveled 20 miles downstream in a boat in the exact same length of time it took him to travel 12 miles upstream. what is the speed of the current in the stream, if the speed of the boat (in still water) is 10 miles per hour?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you plan to graph this?
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