SOLUTION: I need the equation for the following problem: My motor boat normally travels at 24 kilometers per hour in still water. One day I traveled 36 kilometers against a constant current
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Question 1055523: I need the equation for the following problem: My motor boat normally travels at 24 kilometers per hour in still water. One day I traveled 36 kilometers against a constant current in a river. If I had traveled with the current, I would have traveled 48 km in the same time. How fast was the current? Answer by ikleyn(52817) (Show Source):
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I need the equation for the following problem: My motor boat normally travels at 24 kilometers per hour in still water.
One day I traveled 36 kilometers against a constant current in a river. If I had traveled with the current,
I would have traveled 48 km in the same time. How fast was the current?
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Your equation is
= .
The left side is the time to travel 36 kilometers against the constant current in a river.
The right side is the time to travel 48 kilometers with the constant current in a river.
"v" is the current speed.
