SOLUTION: A boat travels 24 miles up the river in same amount of time it takes to travel 32 miles down the same river. If the current is 2 miles per hour, what is speed of the boat in still

Question 1033226: A boat travels 24 miles up the river in same amount of time it takes to travel 32 miles down the same river. If the current is 2 miles per hour, what is speed of the boat in still water?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is the exact same form as question 1033225; simply different values and different setting. The use of the variables for ALL numbers will be identical. Try to analyze and solve using only variables for EVERYTHING. If you do so, you will have solved BOTH exercises with a single formula.
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