Answer:
9 mph
Step-by-step explanation:
-let x be the speed of current and t be time. The speed equation for both directions can then be represented as:

#Since t is equal in both, we can do away with t.
#We the divide the downstream equation by the upstream equation as:

Hence, the boat's speed in still water is 9 mph
1 would be B. 2 would be a
Step-by-step explanation:
8|x+2|-6=5|x+2|+3
|8x+16|-6=|5x+10|+3
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8x+16-6=5x+10+3
8x+10=5x+13
3x=3
x=1
Answer:
x = 17 and y = 37
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the numbers be x and y.
y = 3 + 2x
xy = 629
substituting y in the second equation we get
x(3+2x) = 629
3x + 2
= 629
2
+ 3x - 629 = 0
Solving a quadratic equation by using its formula:
x = [-3 ±√(9-4(2)(-629)] / 4
x = [-3 ± √5041] / 4
x = [-3 ± 71] / 4
x = 17 and 
Ignore the negative number in x and just use x = 17 in the first equation we get
y = 3 + 2(17) = 37
Step-by-step explanation:





