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A motorboat traveling with the current went 105 mi in 5 h. Traveling against the current, it took 7 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the
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A motorboat traveling with the current went 105 mi in 5 h. Traveling against the current, it took 7 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r is boat without current
c is current
r+c is WITH the current and r-c is AGAINST the current.
and is the symbolic translation from your description. Two equations in two unknowns. Enough?
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