Using 5 step method solve A sailboat travels 20 miles downst
Using 5 step method solve
 A sailboat travels 20 miles downstream in 3 hours. It returns in 4 hours. Find the speed of the sailboat in still water and rate of the current
Solution
make the boat =x
 make the water =y
 against flow 4(x-y)=20
 with flow 3(x+y)=20
 distance is equal so the two equations are equal
 4(x-y)=3(x+y)
 4x-4y=3x+3y
 x=7y
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 substitute 7y for x in equation
 4(7y-y)=20
 28y-4y=20
 24y=20
 y=.83 mph speed of water
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 speed of boat=7y=7(.83)=5.81 mph

