Question 730012
A tugboat goes 160 miles per hour in 10 hours. the return trip downstream takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without a current and the speed of the current.
The speedof the tugboat is __ mph, and the speed of the current is __.
Please show the work so I can impliment it with further questions.
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Find the speed up & downstream
d = r*t
r = d/t
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The boat's speed is the average of the 2 speeds.
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The current is the difference between the boat's speed and either speed.
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PS  Don't enter "The speedof the tugboat is __ mph, and the speed of the current is __."