SOLUTION: A sailboat can travel 60 miles, upstream in the same time it takes to travel 100 miles downstream. If the speed of the boast in still water is 20 miles per hour, what is the speed
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: A sailboat can travel 60 miles, upstream in the same time it takes to travel 100 miles downstream. If the speed of the boast in still water is 20 miles per hour, what is the speed of the current?
This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60/(20-X)=100/(20+X)
100(20-X)=60(20+X)
2000-100X=1200+60X
-100X-60X=1200-2000
-160X=-800
X=-800/-160
X=5 MPH FOR THE CURRENT
PROOF
60/(20-5)=100/(20+5)
60/15=100/25
4=4
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