SOLUTION: a tugboat goes 180 miles upstream in 10 hours. The return trip downstream takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without a current and the speed of the current.
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Question 625139: a tugboat goes 180 miles upstream in 10 hours. The return trip downstream takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without a current and the speed of the current.
the spead of the tugboat is ____mph, and the speed of the surrent is ___mph.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a tugboat goes 180 miles upstream in 10 hours. The return trip downstream takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without a current and the speed of the current.
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The boat's speed is the average of the upstream and d/stream speeds.
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The current is the difference between the boat's speed and either up or d/stream speed.
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