Canoeing rate The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 30 minutes longer to paddle 1.2 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance down- stream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?

Canoeing rate The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 30 minutes longer to paddle 1.2 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance down- stream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter9: Systems Of Linear Equations

Section9.6: Wind And Water Current Problems

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Canoeing rate The speed of the current in a stream is
5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 30 minutes longer to paddle
1.2 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance down-
stream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?

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