SOLUTION: Kathy's tugboat goes 15 mph in still water. It travels 36 miles upstream and back in a total time of 6 hours. What is the speed of the current?

Question 974360: Kathy's tugboat goes 15 mph in still water. It travels 36 miles upstream and back in a total time of 6 hours. What is the speed of the current?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
_____________________speed______________time____________distance
UPST_________________15-c_______________u_________________36
DOWN_________________15+c_______________v________________36
Total___________________________________6

RT=D to relate speed, time, distance using the uniform rate idea for travel.
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