Question 1162960: A coast guard cutter can sail 200 miles against the current in the same amount of time it can sail 260 miles with the current. If the current is 3 miles per hour, how fast can the cutter sail in still water?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, greenestamps:
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 , so 
Let  represent the speed without the current. Then the upstream speed is  and the downstream speed is  .
For the upstream trip, the distance is 200, the rate is , and the time is  , so:
For the downstream trip, the distance is 260, the rate is , and the time is , so:
Since  we can say:
Solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
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