SOLUTION: A logging barge on the Mississippi River travels 24 miles upstream in 3 hours. The return trip take the barge only 2 hours. Find the rate of the barge in still water.

Question 693405: A logging barge on the Mississippi River travels 24 miles upstream in 3 hours. The return trip take the barge only 2 hours. Find the rate of the barge in still water.
Answer by pmatei(79) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Speed is distance divided by time.
Going upstream slows you down by the speed of the river

Going downstream you go faster:

If you add the two equations, cancels and you get:

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