Question 813725

a motorboat travels 9 mph in still water. It takes 5 hours longer  to travel 55 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current. Hint (x+9) is going downstream and (x-9) is going upstream. round to nearest tenth. 


Speed of current: 3.21267 ≈ {{{highlight_green(3.2)}}} mph


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