2. A motorboat traveled 18 miles down a river in two hours but going back upstream, it took 4.5 hours due to the current. Find the rate of the motorboat in still water and the rate of the current. (Round to the nearest hundredth).

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2.
A motorboat traveled 18 miles down a
river in two hours but going back
upstream, it took 4.5 hours due to the
current. Find the rate of the motorboat
in still water and the rate of the current.
(Round to the nearest hundredth).
10
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