SOLUTION: Dan and cheryl paddled their canoe 40 mi in 5 hr with the current and 16 mi in 8 hr against the current. Find the speed of the current and the speed of the canoe in still water.

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Question 1107040: Dan and cheryl paddled their canoe 40 mi in 5 hr with the current and 16 mi in 8 hr against the current. Find the speed of the current and the speed of the canoe in still water.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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r, canoe speed if no current
c, Current's speed

More time against current than with current, for the same distance

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Use the Elimination Method.