SOLUTION: A motorboat traveling with the current went 75 mi in 3 h. Against the current, it took 5 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the

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Question 1054326: A motorboat traveling with the current went 75 mi in 3 h. Against the current, it took 5 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
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A motorboat traveling with the current went 75 mi in 3 h. Against the current, it took 5 h to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
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Answer. 20 mph and 5 mph.

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Consider it as a sample. Read it attentively.
Then solve your problem by substituting your data.

It is a typical Upstream and Downstream trips word problem.
You can find similar fully solved similar problems on Upstream and Downstream trips with detailed solutions in the lessons
    - Wind and Current problems
    - More problems on upstream and downstream round trips
    - Selected problems from the archive on the boat floating Upstream and Downstream

Read them attentively and learn how to solve this type of problems once and for all.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the section "Word problems", the topic "Travel and Distance problems".