document.write( "Question 1095948: a boat traveled 336 miles downstream and back. The trip downstream took 12 hours. The trip back took 14 hours. what is the speed of the boat in still water? What is the speed of the current? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #710418 by josgarithmetic(39618) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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r, boat speed in still water
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document.write( "                  SPEED      TIME     DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "DOWN              r+c        12       168\r\n" );
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document.write( "UP                r-c        14       168\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                                336\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Simplify and solve the system for r and c.
\n" ); document.write( "Assumed TOTAL distance 336 and half of this is each of the one-way distances. \n" ); document.write( "

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