SOLUTION: A small motorboat travels 11mph in still water. It takes 4 hours longer to travel 62 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current. ( Hint: 1

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Question 1162696: A small motorboat travels 11mph in still water. It takes 4 hours longer to travel 62 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current. ( Hint: 11+x= rate going downstream and 11−x= rate going upstream.)(Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

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Downstream Trip Time:

Upstream Trip Time:

Where is the rate of the current

So



Multiply both sides by the LCD and solve the resulting quadratic for .


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