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A motorboat can maintain a constant speed of 17 miles

per hour relative to the water. The boat makes a trip
upstream to a certain point in 20 minutes: the retum trip
takes 14 minutes. What is the speed of the current?
The speed of the current is
mile(s) per hour.

1 Answer

1 vote

Answer:

10mph

Explanation:

by adding total time taken to travel and return and simply doing math

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