SOLUTION: two boats are going the same speed on beautiful Clear Creek in Colorado. One is heading upstream and travels 60 miles in 3 hours. The other boat is going downstream and is able to

Question 1145212: two boats are going the same speed on beautiful Clear Creek in Colorado. One is heading upstream and travels 60 miles in 3 hours. The other boat is going downstream and is able to travel 132 miles in 3 hours. What is the speed of the water current and the speed of the boats
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two boats are going the same speed on beautiful Clear Creek in Colorado. One is heading upstream and travels 60 miles in 3 hours. The other boat is going downstream and is able to travel 132 miles in 3 hours. What is the speed of the water current and the speed of the boats
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b = speed of the boats WRT the water.
c = current
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b - c = 60/3 = 20 mi/hr
b + c = 132/3 = 44 mi/hr
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