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Answer:
- boat: 72 km/h
- current: 16 km/h
Step-by-step explanation:
The speed difference between boat and current is the upstream rate:
(448 km)/(8 h) = 56 km/h
The sum of speeds of boat and current is the downstream rate:
(440 km)/(5 h) = 88 km/h
The rate of the boat is half the sum of these:
(56 +88)/2 = 72 . . . km/h
The rate of the current is half their difference:
(88 -56)/2 = 16 . . . km/h
The rate of the boat is 72 km/h; the rate of the current is 16 km/h.
