SOLUTION: A boat can travel 5 miles upstream and 5 miles downstream in a total of 6 hours. If the speed of the current is 2mph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 841096: A boat can travel 5 miles upstream and 5 miles downstream in a total of 6 hours. If the speed of the current is 2mph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
My progress so far:
D=ER*t
Up: 5 = (x-2) 5/x-2
Down: 5 = ( x+2) 5/x+2
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
Rate*Time=Distance
From eq. 1,
Only the positive solution makes sense here.
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