SOLUTION: A motorboat travels 114 miles in 2 hours going upstream. It travels 170 miles going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is
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Question 594933: A motorboat travels 114 miles in 2 hours going upstream. It travels 170 miles going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b - c = 114 / 2
b + c = 170 / 2
adding the equations will eliminate c
solve for b, then substitute back to find c
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