From the question, we know that the solutions of the system
is (14,6), which means the speed of the the boat in calm water,
, is 14
, and the speed of the current,
, is 6
. To summarize:
and
We also know that w<span>hen the boat travels downstream, the current increases the speed of the boat; therefore to find the speed of the boat traveling downstream, we just need to add the speed of the boat and the speed of the current:
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Similarly, to find the the speed of the boat traveling upstream, we just need to subtract the speed of the current from the speed of the boat:
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We can conclude that the correct answer is </span><span>
C. The team traveled at 8 km per hour upstream and 20 km per hour downstream.</span>