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It takes a boat 2 hours to travel 24 miles downstream and 3 hours to travel 18 miles upstream. (a) What is the speed of the boat in still water? (b) What is the speed of the current of the river?

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It takes a boat 2 hours to travel 24 miles downstream and 3 hours to travel 18 miles upstream.

(a) What is the speed of the boat in still water?

(b) What is the speed of the current of the river?

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