SOLUTION: If a boat goes downstream 72 miles in 3 hours and upstream 60 miles in 6 hours, the rate of the river and the rate of the boat in still water are ?
I tried this with table and f
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I tried this with table and f
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Question 418323: If a boat goes downstream 72 miles in 3 hours and upstream 60 miles in 6 hours, the rate of the river and the rate of the boat in still water are ?
I tried this with table and found c = 7mph and r = 17mph Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let rate of boat in still water
Let = rate of river
given:
downstream:
(1)
upstream:
(2)
Add (1) and (2)
and
You just used for the boat and for the river
Same answer -OK
