document.write( "Question 176781: Mia's motorboat took 3 hours to make a trip downstream with a 6 mph current. the return trip against the came current took 5 hours. find the speed of the boat.
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Mia's motorboat took 3 hours to make a trip downstream with a 6 mph current. the return trip against the came current took 5 hours. find the speed of the boat.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "down Data:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 3 hrs ; rate = (b+6) mph ; distance = rt = 3(r+6) miles
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\n" ); document.write( "upstream DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 5 hrs ; rate = (b-6) mph ; distance = rt = 5(r-6) miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "distance up = distance down
\n" ); document.write( "5(b-6) = 3(b+6)
\n" ); document.write( "5b - 30 = 3b + 18
\n" ); document.write( "2b = 48
\n" ); document.write( "b = 24 mph (speed of the boat in still water)
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