A tugboat goes 120miles upstream in 15 hours. The return trip downstream takes 10 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without the current and the speed of the current ?
The speed of the tugboat is ___mph and the current speed and the current speed is ____mph

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A tugboat goes 120miles upstream in 15 hours. The return trip downstream takes 10 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without the current and the speed of the current ?
The speed of the tugboat is ___mph and the current speed and the current speed is ____mph

anonymous · Answer

first answer is 8, second is 12

anonymous · Answer

How did you get that answer? I cannot seem to figure it out in a equation form?

anonymous · Answer

you divide the 120 to 15 which gets the 8 and then you divide 120 to 10 which gets the 12...its just dividing

anonymous · Answer

oh.. thanks

anonymous · Answer

your welcome