SOLUTION: the speed of a stream is 4mph. a boat travels 2miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 10 miles downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

Question 121626: the speed of a stream is 4mph. a boat travels 2miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 10 miles downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
mi/hr = speed of stream
= speed of boat in still water

multiply both sides by

mi/hr
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