A Boat Takes a Long Trip Traveling 140 Miles Downstream

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A boat takes a long trip traveling 140 miles downstream in 7 hours. The return trip upstream takes 10 hours. Let b be the rate of the boat in still water in miles per hour and let c be the rate of the current in miles per hour.

In order to determine the two equations of the system described here use the formula that distance = rate times time.

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