SOLUTION: A motorboat travels at 47 mph in still water and travels to a certain point in 26 minutes then downstream in 21 minutes. How fast is the stream flowing?
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Question 789214: A motorboat travels at 47 mph in still water and travels to a certain point in 26 minutes then downstream in 21 minutes. How fast is the stream flowing?
Answer by xinxin(76) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
47 * 26/60 = S* 21/60
S = 58 mph
The speed of the stream is 58 mph.
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