SOLUTION: I need some help with a word problem please. "Boating. Cody's motorboat took 3 hrs. to make a trip downstream with a 6-mph current. The return trip against the same current too

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Question 354110: I need some help with a word problem please.
"Boating. Cody's motorboat took 3 hrs. to make a trip downstream with a 6-mph current. The return trip against the same current took 5 hr. Find the speed of the boat in still water."
Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance = rate * time ___ distance is the same (up and down)

(b + 6)(3) = (b - 6)(5)