SOLUTION: a cruise boat travels 96 miles down stream in 3hours and return upstream in 6 hours. find the rate of the stream.
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Question 712773: a cruise boat travels 96 miles down stream in 3hours and return upstream in 6 hours. find the rate of the stream.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the rate of the stream in mi/hr
Let = the rate of the boat with no current in mi/hr
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Going upstream, speed =
mi/hr
Going downstream, speed =
mi/hr
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given:
mi/hr
and
mi/hr
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Add the equations
and, since
The speed of the stream is 8 mi/hr
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