SOLUTION: Can you help me figure out this problem? "A motorboat travels at 4 miles per hour in still water. It goes 12 miles upstream and 12 miles back again in a total of 8 hours. Find the
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Question 811969: Can you help me figure out this problem? "A motorboat travels at 4 miles per hour in still water. It goes 12 miles upstream and 12 miles back again in a total of 8 hours. Find the speed of the current of the river."
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+y=8,
(4+c)*x=12,
(4-c)*y=12
c = 2, x = 2, y = 6
C is speed of the current
x and y are times taken
x downstream with the current and y upstream against the current
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