SOLUTION: Traveling downstream, a boat can go 18km in 2 hours. Going upstream, it makes only 2/3 this distance in twice the time. What is the rate of the boat in still water, and what is the
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Question 905982: Traveling downstream, a boat can go 18km in 2 hours. Going upstream, it makes only 2/3 this distance in twice the time. What is the rate of the boat in still water, and what is the rate of the current?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r + c = 9kmph
r - c = 3kmph
2r = 12kmph
r = 6kmph and c = 3kmph
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