SOLUTION: Going down the river a boat went 15 mph. Going up the river it only went 1 mph. What is the speed of the current? How fast would the boar go if there were no current?
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Question 966580: Going down the river a boat went 15 mph. Going up the river it only went 1 mph. What is the speed of the current? How fast would the boar go if there were no current?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
which should be enough to find r and c; because this is two equations and two unknowns.
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