Question 1055397

if a boat travels 8 miles upstream in the same time it takes it to travel 12 miles downstream, and the boat can go 15 miles per hour, what is the rate of the current?
<pre>With C being rate of current, the following TIME equation is formed: {{{8/(15 - C) = 12/(15 + C)}}}
Solving the equation should result in the following rate of current: {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,2, 3, mph))}}}