SOLUTION: A boat moves 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time it moves 16 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current is 6 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in s
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Question 453072: A boat moves 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time it moves 16 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current is 6 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in still water.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9/x-6=16/x+6
16x-96=9x+54
7x=150
x=150/7 or 21-3/7..
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