SOLUTION: a boat took 1 hour 50 minutes to go 55 miles downstream and 3 hours 40 minutes to return. find the rate of the current.
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Question 1075663: a boat took 1 hour 50 minutes to go 55 miles downstream and 3 hours 40 minutes to return. find the rate of the current.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, speed if no current
c, speed of the current
by Elimination Method.
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