SOLUTION: A boat can cruise at 25 mph in still water.
(a) What is its cruising speed upstream against a current of 5 mph?
ANSWER: ____mph
(b) What is its cruising speed downstream wit
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Question 859409: A boat can cruise at 25 mph in still water.
(a) What is its cruising speed upstream against a current of 5 mph?
ANSWER: ____mph
(b) What is its cruising speed downstream with a current of 5 mph?
Answer:_________mph
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(a) What is its cruising speed upstream against a current of 5 mph?
ANSWER: 20 mph
(b) What is its cruising speed downstream with a current of 5 mph?
Answer: 30 mph
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