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a cruise boat travels 24 miles downstreamin 3 hoursand returns to its starting point upstream in 6 hours. find the speed of the stream.
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Question 117198:
a cruise boat travels 24 miles downstreamin 3 hoursand returns to its starting point upstream in 6 hours. find the speed of the stream.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
24/3=8 MPH GOING DOWNSTREAM.
24/6=4 MPH GOING UPSTREAM.
8-S=4+S
-2S=-4
S=-4/-2
S=2 IS THE SPEED OF THE STREAM.
PROOF
24/(8-2)=24/(4+2)
24/6=24/6
4=4
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