Question

A motorboat traveling with the current can go 160 km in 4 h. Against the current it takes 5 h to go the same distance. Find the rate of the motorboat in still water and the rate of the current.

Please help!
b + c = 160 / 4

b - c = 160 / 5

add the two equations (cancelling c)

substitute back to find c

Related Questions

a motorboat traveling with the curent went 68 miles in 3hrs and 24mins. against the current, it took... Paul Websters motorboat can travel 15 mph in still water. Traveling with the current of a river, the... A motorboat traveling a distance of 225 miles in 5 hours while traveling with the current. Against t... a motorboat traveling 5m/s, EAST encounters a current traveling 2.5m/s North, in what direction sho...