SOLUTION: a motorboat travels 160 km upstream in 8 hours. it travels the same distance downstream in 5 hours. what is the rate of the boat in still water.
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Question 933687: a motorboat travels 160 km upstream in 8 hours. it travels the same distance downstream in 5 hours. what is the rate of the boat in still water.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r - c = 20kph
r + c = 32kph
2r = 52kph
r = 26kph, rate of the boat in still water
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