SOLUTION: During a canoe ride, a canoe travels upstream at a speed of 4 miles per hour and then travels at the same distance downstream at a speed of 8 miles per hour. The speed of the curre
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Question 452248: During a canoe ride, a canoe travels upstream at a speed of 4 miles per hour and then travels at the same distance downstream at a speed of 8 miles per hour. The speed of the current remains constant. What is the average speed of the canoe in still water?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the speed of the current
Let = speed of canoe is still water
upstream:
downstream:
Add the equations
and
the average speed of the canoe
in still water is 6 mi/hr
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