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A boat can travel
59 mph in still water. If it travels
325 miles with the current in the same length of time it travels
265 miles against the current, what is the speed of the current?
10 years ago

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Steve
since time = distance/speed,

325/(59+x) = 265/(59-x)
10 years ago

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