SOLUTION: Alicia went on a steamboat ride up the Mississippi River. The boat travels 21 miles per hour in still water. How long will it take her to travel 165 miles upstream if the current o
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Question 852079: Alicia went on a steamboat ride up the Mississippi River. The boat travels 21 miles per hour in still water. How long will it take her to travel 165 miles upstream if the current of the river is 6 miles per hour
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
165=(21-6)T
165=15T
T=165/15
T=11 HOURS FOR THE TRIP.
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