SOLUTION: Dan and cheryl paddled their canoe 40 mi in 5 hr with the current and 16 mi in 8 hr against the current. Find the speed of the current and the speed of the canoe in still water.

Question 1107040: Dan and cheryl paddled their canoe 40 mi in 5 hr with the current and 16 mi in 8 hr against the current. Find the speed of the current and the speed of the canoe in still water.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, canoe speed if no current
c, Current's speed

More time against current than with current, for the same distance

Use the Elimination Method.
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