SOLUTION: a kayak can travel 48 miles downstream in 4 hours, while it would take 8 to make the same trip upstream. find the speed of the kayak in still water as well as the speed of the curr
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Question 659001: a kayak can travel 48 miles downstream in 4 hours, while it would take 8 to make the same trip upstream. find the speed of the kayak in still water as well as the speed of the current? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a kayak can travel 48 miles downstream in 4 hours, while it would take 8 to make the same trip upstream. find the speed of the kayak in still water as well as the speed of the current?
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Find the 2 speeds.
the speed of the kayak in still water is the average.
as well as the speed of the current?
= the difference between either speed and the average.
