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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Boat speed = 20 km/h
current speed = x km/h
speed against current 20 - x
speed with current 20 + x
Distance against current 7 km
Distance with current 14 km
t=d/r time against = time with current
7/(20-x )=14/(20+x)
7(20+x)=14(20-x)
140+7x =280-14 x
14x+7x=280-140
21x=140
/21
x = 6.67 km/h current speed