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A motorboat travels 392 kilometers in 7 hours going upstream and 384 kilometers in 4 hours going downstream. what is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?rate of the boat still water:__ km/hrate of the current:____km/h

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\begin{gathered} upstream=(392)/(7)=56\text{ km/h} \\ \\ \text{downstream}=(384)/(4)=96\text{ km/h} \end{gathered}

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