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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE PLEASE HELP PLEAS E A tugboat goes 120 miles upstream in 20 hours. The return trip downstream takes 10 hours. Find the speed of the tugboat without current and the speed of the current.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3 mph

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[speed=\frac{ distance }{ time taken }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

still confused.. soo the speed it 3mph andthe current sped it 3mph also

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[speed upstream =\frac{ 120 }{ 20 }=6mph\]

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