SOLUTION: A boat travels up river in 1.2 hours and down river in .9 hours. The boat travels 5 mph faster down river than up river. What speed is the boat traveling up and down river?
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Question 360063: A boat travels up river in 1.2 hours and down river in .9 hours. The boat travels 5 mph faster down river than up river. What speed is the boat traveling up and down river?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let upstream speed be x
downstream speed = x+5
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upstream time = 1.2 hours
downstream time = 0.9 hours
..
1.2x=0.9(x+5)
1.2x=0.9x+4.5
0.3x=4.5
x=4.5/0.3
x=15 mph upstream speed
20 mph downstream speed
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