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Airida [17]
4 years ago
9

A boat travels upstream for 12 miles in 3 hours and returns in 2 hours traveling downstream in a river. What is the rate of the

boat in still water and the rate of the current?
Physics
1 answer:
kaheart [24]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Rate of boat in still water = 5mile/hour

Rate of the current= 1 mile/hr

Explanation:

The boat is moving upstream at the rate= 12miles/3hours= 4mph

The boat is moving downstream at the rate = 12miles/2hours = 6mph

Let y be the speed of boat

And C the current of water

Y + C = 6 ...eq1

Y - C = 4 ...eq2

Adding eq1 and eq2

2Y = 10

Y= 10/2 = 5

Y= 5mph

Put Y = 5 in eq2

5 + C = 6

C = 6 - 5

C= 1 mph

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