SOLUTION: Traveling with the current, a boat covers in 4 hours a distance 2.4 times greater than traveling against the current. What is the speed of the boat in still water if the speed of t
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Question 1006036: Traveling with the current, a boat covers in 4 hours a distance 2.4 times greater than traveling against the current. What is the speed of the boat in still water if the speed of the current is 1.5 mph?
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What is the speed of the boat in still water if the speed of the current is 1.5 mph?
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let s = boat speed in still water
then
(s+1.5) = speed with the current
and
(s-1.5) = speed against
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Write a distance equation, dist = time * speed
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with dist = 2.4*against dist
4(s+1.5) = 2.4[4(s-1.5)]
4s + 6 = 2.4(4s - 6)
4s + 6 = 9.6s - 14.4
6 + 14.4 = 9.6s - 4s
20.4 = 5.6s
s = 20.4/5.6
s = 3.643 mph in still water
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See if that checks out
4(3.643+1.5) = 2.4[4(3.643-1.5)]
4(5.143) = 2.4*4(2.143)
20.57 = 2.4(8.57)
20.57 = 20.57
