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A boat takes 8 hours to go 6 miles upstream and come back to the starting point. If the speed of the boat is 4 miles per hour in still water, what is the rate of the current? Hint: total time taken = time taken to go upstream + time taken to go downstream 10 miles per hour 8.63 miles per hour 3.16 miles per hour 2.24 miles per hour

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c. 3.16 miles per hour.

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v=d/t; t=d/v
let c=rate of the current
6/(4+c)+6/(4-c)=8
(24-6c+24+6c)/(16-c²)=8
48=128 - 8c²; c=√10 miles per hour
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