SOLUTION: A boat takes 3 hrs to go 24 mi upstream against the current. It can go downstream with the current a distance of 48 mi in the same amount of time. Determine the speed of the boat i

Question 1055005: A boat takes 3 hrs to go 24 mi upstream against the current. It can go downstream with the current a distance of 48 mi in the same amount of time. Determine the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r the speed of the boat in still water , c the speed of the current
r - c = 8mph
r + c = 16mph
2r = 24mph
r = 12mph, the speed of the boat in still water
c = 4mph, the speed of the current
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