Question

Motorboat travels 125 miles in five hours going upstream it travels 175 miles going downstream in the same amount of time what is the rate of the boat in Stillwater and what is the rate of the current?

Answer 1

Divide the number of miles traveled by the travel time in hours. That will give you the average speed in miles per hour.

the first will equal 25 miles/hour

when dividing 125m/5h

when downhill it traveled faster at a rate of 35MPH

okay we'll need to sampi the answer

B for boat

C for current

B-c = d/time Uphill will equal = 125/5

so 25

B= 25 - c

d/time downhill = 175/5H = 35mph

25 -c -c =35

this brings it down to 10mph

-5c = 10mphs

which will equal

c= -5 = 5mphs

boat - 5mphs = 25mphs upstream

equals