SOLUTION: Andy canoed down river for two hours and returned in three hours. Andy's speed in still water is 2mph faster than the speed of the current. Find both speeds, write a system and the
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Question 578503: Andy canoed down river for two hours and returned in three hours. Andy's speed in still water is 2mph faster than the speed of the current. Find both speeds, write a system and then solve it. Thank you so much you are a life saver!
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Andy canoed down river for two hours and returned in three hours.
Andy's speed in still water is 2mph faster than the speed of the current.
Find both speeds, write a system and then solve it.
:
Let s = still water speed
then
(s-2) = current speed
:
Upstream speed
s - (s-2) = s - s + 2
2 mph is upstream speed
:
Downstream speed
s + (s-2) =
2s-2 mph is downstream speed
;
The distance up and back is the same, write a distance equation:
Down dist = Up dist
2(2s-2) = 3(2)
4s - 4 = 6
4s = 6 + 4
s = 10/4
s = 2.5 mph in still water
and
2.5 - 2 = .5 mph is the current
:
:
Check this by finding the distances, they should be the same
3(2.5-.5) = 6 mi
2(2.5+.5) = 6 mi
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