Jan's motorboat travels at a speed of 14 mph in still water. Booth river flows at a speed of 4 mph. How long will it take Jen to

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travel 16 miles upstream? 16 miles downstream?

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Leya [2.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-18T22:36:20+03:00

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Upstream: 14 - 4 = 10. Miles per hour.
16 miles = 1.6 hours.

Downstream: 14 + 4 = 18.
16 miles = 16/18 = 8/9 or 0.888 of an hour.

Musya8 [376] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-19T00:32:44+03:00

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Upstream 1hr and 54 minutes and downstream about 57 minutes