Question 1062082
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The rate of the boat in still water is 22 mph.


The rate of the current is 2 mph.



It is a typical and standard Upstream and Downstream trip word problem.


You can find similar fully solved problems on upstream and downstream trips with detailed solutions in the lesson 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/More-problems-on-upstream-and-downstream-round-trips.lesson>More problems on upstream and downstream round trips</A> 

in this site.


Read them attentively and learn how to solve this type of problems once and for all.


Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson>ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK</A>.


The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the section "<U>Word problems</U>", the topic "<U>Travel and Distance problems</U>".