SOLUTION: It takes a motorboat 1 1/3 hours to go 20 miles downstream and 2 2/9 hours to return. find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water.

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Question 1146257: It takes a motorboat 1 1/3 hours to go 20 miles downstream and 2 2/9 hours to return. find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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r*t=d
(b+c)*4/3=20
(b-c)*20/9=20