SOLUTION: Please help me. A boat goes 20 mph in still water, and the rate of the current is t mpg. (a) What is rhe rate of the boat when it travels upstream? (b) What is the rate of the boa

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A boat goes 20 mph in still water, and the rate of the current is t mpg. (a) What is rhe rate of the boat when it travels upstream? (b) What is the rate of the boat when it travels downstream?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: it goes faster downstream.

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