SOLUTION: A boat traveled 168 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 8 hours. The trip back took 56 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? what is the speed of the
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Question 1180366: A boat traveled 168 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 8 hours. The trip back took 56 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? what is the speed of the current?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c, current speed
r, boat speed
--------simplify, solve.
See a 12 in there as one of the results?
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