SOLUTION: Ebb and Flo are pedal boating on the San Antonio River. Going down stream, their speed is 40 m/min. Coming back upstream, their speed is only 26 m/min. How fast do they move throug

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Question 1204940: Ebb and Flo are pedal boating on the San Antonio River. Going down stream, their speed is 40 m/min. Coming back upstream, their speed is only 26 m/min. How fast do they move through the water? How fast is the current?
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Their speed with no current is half the sum of their speeds downstream and upstream %2840%2B26%29%2F2 = 66%2F2 = 33 m/min.

The speed of the current is half the difference of their speeds downstream and upstream %2840-26%29%2F2 = 14%2F2 = 7 m/min.