SOLUTION: A motorboat can travel upstream 30 miles against the current in one and a half hours. It can travel downstream in three quarters of an hour. Find the speed of the boat in still wat

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Question 242260: A motorboat can travel upstream 30 miles against the current in one and a half hours. It can travel downstream in three quarters of an hour. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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