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With the current, you can canoe 24 miles in 4 hours. Against the same current, you can canoe only i of this distance in 6 hours. Find your rate in still water and the rate of the current.

Elementary Algebra

17th Edition

ISBN:9780998625713

Author:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Publisher:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Chapter2: Solving Linear Equations And Inequalities

Section2.6: Solve A Formula For A Specific Variable

Problem 2.118TI: Yesenia is 168 miles from Chicago. If she needs to be in Chicago in 3 hours, at what rate does she...

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With the current, you can canoe 24 miles in 4 hours. Against
the same current, you can canoe only i of this distance in
6 hours. Find your rate in still water and the rate of the
current.

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