SOLUTION: The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 180 minutes longer to paddle 16.8 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance downstream. What is the canoe

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Question 904944: The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 180 minutes longer to paddle 16.8 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance downstream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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(r+5)*t=16,8
(r-5)*(t+3)=16.8
r*t+5*t=16.8
r*(t+3)-5*(t+3)=16.8
r = 9, t = 6/5