SOLUTION: A tugboat takes 1 2/3 times as long to go 100 miles upstream along the
Mississippi River as it does to return. If the speed of the current of the Mississippi River is 2 miles per
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Question 1199662: A tugboat takes 1 2/3 times as long to go 100 miles upstream along the
Mississippi River as it does to return. If the speed of the current of the Mississippi River is 2 miles per hour, find the speed of the tugboat in still water. Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):