SOLUTION: A motorboat travels 152 kilometers in 4 hours going upstream. It travels 232 kilometers going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and

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Question 1189959: A motorboat travels 152 kilometers in 4 hours going upstream. It travels 232 kilometers going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, boat speed in still water
c, speed of the river current

                  SPEEDS      TIME        DISTANCE(kilometers)

UPSTREAM           r-c          4          152

DOWNSTRM           r+c          4          232





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