Question

A boat's crew rowed 16 miles downstream with current in 2 hours. The return trip upstream, against current covered the same distance, but took 4 hours. Find the crew's rowing rate in in still water & rate of the current.

Crews rowing in still water?
The rate of the current?

Answer 1

LOL, no. college algebra

Answer 2

Let speed in still water be x. Let current speed be y.
Speed upstream is x-y, speed downstream is x+y.
Now upstream , x-y=16/4=4.
Now downstream x+y=16/2=8.
Solve the equations for x and y.

Answer 3

The crew would be 6?

Answer 4

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