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2 November, 03:18

A motorboat heads upstream a distance of 24 miles on a river whose current is running at 3 miles per hour. The trip up and back takes 6 hours. Assuming that the motorboat maintained a constant speed relative to the water, what was its speed?

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  1. 2 November, 03:24
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    9mph is the boat's actual speed.

    12mph with the stream and 6mph against the stream.

    12mph takes 2 hours to get there and 6mph takes 4 to get back = 6hours.
  2. 2 November, 03:46
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    To get speed you do Distance/Time.
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