SOLUTION: A motorboat travels 225 kilometers in 5 hours going upstream. It travels 395 kilometers going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and

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Question 1169375: A motorboat travels 225 kilometers in 5 hours going upstream. It travels 395 kilometers going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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s-c=45 km/h
s+c=79 km/h
2s=124
s=62 km/h in still water.
c=17 km/h