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Find the most important variable in the problem. A rower of a canoe row at a rate of 5 miles per hour in calm water. With the current, she can row 14 miles in the same time it takes her to tow 6 miles against the current. What is the rate of the current?

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Answer: C. the rate of the current

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Answer:

1 mph

Explanation:

EQUATIONS:

b+c = 7 mph

b-c = 5 mph

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Add the two to get:

2b = 12 mph

b = 6 mph (speed of the boat in still water)

c = 1 mph (speed of the current)

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