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A paddle boat can move at a speed of 2 ​km/h in still water. The boat is paddled 16 km downstream in a river in the same time it takes to go 8 km upstream. What is the speed of the​ river?
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A paddle boat can move at a speed of 2 ​km/h in still water. The boat is paddled 16 km downstream in a river in the same time it takes to go 8 km upstream. What is the speed of the​ river?

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going downstream -

t = 14/(2 + v)

going upstream -

t = 7/(2 - v)

14/(2 + v) = 7/(2 - v)

(2 + v)/2 = 2 - v

v = 2/3km/h
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