A motorboat takes5 hours to travel 300mi going upstream. The return trip takes 2 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?

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A motorboat takes5  hours to travel 300mi going upstream. The return trip takes 2  hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?

anonymous · Answer

Upstream we are going against the current. So let's say r=rate of boat
and
c=rate of current
we have to write two equations one upstream and one down

anonymous · Answer

do you know how to write these equations

anonymous · Answer

rate of the boat in still water?
rate of the curent ?

anonymous · Answer

whenever the boat is in the river its speed will be modified by the current of the water

anonymous · Answer

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