A boat travels 12km downstream and 16km upstream in 12 hours. If the rate of the current is 3kph, what is the rate of boat in still water?

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A boat travels 12km downstream and 16km upstream in 12 hours. If the rate of the current is 3kph, what is the rate of boat in still water? 

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