SOLUTION: A motorboat can go 8 miles downstream on a river in 10 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for this boat to go back upstream the same 8 miles. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Question 141480: A motorboat can go 8 miles downstream on a river in 10 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for this boat to go back upstream the same 8 miles. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let m=motorboat and c=current
downstream __ m+c=8/(10/60) __ m+c=48 mph
upstream __ m-c=8/(30/60) __ m-c=16 mph
adding the equations __ m+c+(m-c)=48+16 __ 2m=64 __ m=32 mph
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