SOLUTION: Rachel paddles her canoe upstream on the Econ River for 45 minutes. Coming downstream with the same boat speedtook 30 minutes. If the current river speed is 3 mph, what was her b

Question 411179: Rachel paddles her canoe upstream on the Econ River for 45 minutes. Coming downstream with the same boat speedtook 30 minutes. If the current river speed is 3 mph, what was her boat speed.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance is the same going both ways
upstream:

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downstream:

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Her boat speed was 15 mi/hr
check answer:

mi
OK
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