Problema Solution

A paddle boat can move at a speed of 20km/h in still water. The boat is paddled 14km downstream in a river in the same times it takes to go 7km upstream. What is the speed of the river?

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Solution: Set river speed is X 

 

              14/( X+20)=7/(20-X)

               X = 6.67

the water speed is 6.67km/h