Problema Solution
a boat travels up stream at 12 miles per hour and down stream at 18 miles per hour. How far up stream did the boat travel if the total trip time was 5 hours?
Answer provided by our tutors
Total time = 5 hours = time upstream + time downstream
time = distance/speed
Let distance = x
time upstream =x/12
time downstream = x/18
find x
5 = x/12 + x/18
x=36 miles
The boat traveled 36 miles upstream