SOLUTION: A motorboat travels downstream for a distance of 45 miles in 3 hours and makes the return trip in 5 hours. Find the rate of the current in the river and the rate of the motorboat
Algebra.Com
Question 1088109: A motorboat travels downstream for a distance of 45 miles in 3 hours and makes the return trip in 5 hours. Find the rate of the current in the river and the rate of the motorboat in still water.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let m be the motorboat, and c be the current. Then:
m+c=45/3=15
m-c=45/5=9
2m=24
m=12
c=3
☺☺☺☺
RELATED QUESTIONS
A motorboat travels 48 miles downstream in 3 hours
The return trip takes 4 hours
Find... (answered by mananth)
A motorboat travels upstream in five hours and makes the return trip downstream in three... (answered by dabanfield)
A boat travels 180 miles in 5 hours downstream and makes the return trip in 6 hours. what (answered by derangoj)
A motorboat can travel 24 miles downstream in 2 hours. It requires 3 hours to make the... (answered by mananth)
a boat travels 12 miles downstream in 1.5 hours. on the return trip the boat travles the... (answered by Paul)
A motorboat can go 18 mph in still water. If a trip downstream takes 4 hours and return... (answered by richwmiller)
A sailboat travels 12 miles downstream in only 2 hours. The return trip upstream takes 3... (answered by checkley79)
A motorboat takes
5 hours to travel
100 miles going upstream. The return trip takes
(answered by ikleyn,Alan3354)
A motorboat takes 5 hours to travel 200 miles going upstream. The return trip takes 4... (answered by josgarithmetic)