Question

A boat travels upstream for 96 miles in 4 hours and returns in 3 hours traveling downstream in a river. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?

Answer 1

Answer:

Speed of boat in still water = 28 miles/hr

Speed of current = 4 miles/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

Speed upstream, u = 96/4 = 24 miles/hr

Speed downstream, v = 96/3 = 32 miles/hr

Speed of boat in still water = ½(v+u)

= ½ (24 + 32) = 28 miles/hr

Speed of the current = ½ ( v - u)

= ½ (32 - 24) = 4 miles/hr