SOLUTION: Janet and Michael took a canoeing trip, traveling 6 miles upstream along a river, against a 2 mi/h current. They then returned downstream to the starting point of their trip. If th

Question 1157671: Janet and Michael took a canoeing trip, traveling 6 miles upstream along a river, against a 2 mi/h current. They then returned downstream to the starting point of their trip. If their entire trip took 4 hours, what was their rate in still water?
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traveling 6 miles upstream along a river, against a 2 mi/h current. They then returned downstream to the starting point of their trip. If their entire trip took 4 hours, what was their rate in still water?
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Description did not involve any traveling done in still water; only in MOVING water, with and against the current.

Upstream, if r is speed of canoe in absence of current

Solve for r, the speed of canoe in still water.

Simplification gives

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