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Going against the current, a boat takes 7 hours to make a 120 mile trip. When the boat travels with the current on the return trip, it takes 4.5 hours. If x is the speed of the boat is still water and y is the speed of the current, which of the following system of equations could be used to solve the problem?

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you would divide the miles by the hours to solve the porblem.
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