document.write( "Question 347770: Sailing with the current, a boat takes 3 hours to travel 48 miles. The return trip, against the current, takes 4 hours. Find the average speed of the boat for the entire trip, and the speed of the current?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I got 14 mph for the speed of the boat and 2mph for the current, but the answer is 13 5/7 mph for the speed of the boat. This is what I got:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x-y*4= 48
\n" ); document.write( "x+y*3= 48 and then solved by elimination \n" ); document.write( "
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Sailing with the current, a boat takes 3 hours to travel 48 miles. The return trip, against the current, takes 4 hours. Find the average speed of the boat for the entire trip, and the speed of the current?
\n" ); document.write( "I got 14 mph for the speed of the boat and 2mph for the current, but the answer is 13 5/7 mph for the speed of the boat. This is what I got:
\n" ); document.write( "x-y*4= 48
\n" ); document.write( "x+y*3= 48 and then solved by elimination
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\n" ); document.write( "48/3 = 16 mph
\n" ); document.write( "48/4 = 12 mph
\n" ); document.write( "The speed of the boat is the average = 14 mph
\n" ); document.write( "The current = 2 mph
\n" ); document.write( "The answer is not 13 5/7
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