SOLUTION: A motorboat travels 296km in 4 hours going upstream and 1080km in 9 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 585687: A motorboat travels 296km in 4 hours going upstream and 1080km in 9 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r*t=d
(r-c)*4=296;
(r+c)*9=1080
c=23
r=97
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