SOLUTION: A small motorboat travels 11mph in still water. It takes 4 hours longer to travel 62 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current. ( Hint: 1
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Question 1162696: A small motorboat travels 11mph in still water. It takes 4 hours longer to travel 62 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current. ( Hint: 11+x= rate going downstream and 11−x= rate going upstream.)(Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Downstream Trip Time: 
Upstream Trip Time: 
Where 
is the rate of the current
So
Multiply both sides by the LCD 
and solve the resulting quadratic for .
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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