SOLUTION: The Scouts can raft 15 mi downstream from one camp to another in 3 hr, but it takes 5 hr to paddle back to their camp upstream. What is the scouts' paddling rate in still water? Wh

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Question 1008016: The Scouts can raft 15 mi downstream from one camp to another in 3 hr, but it takes 5 hr to paddle back to their camp upstream. What is the scouts' paddling rate in still water? What is the rate of the current in the stream.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, water when no current
c, current rate
             rate        time       distance
DOWN         r+c          3          15
UPST         r-c          5          15

Motion or Travel Rule, RT=D.
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