Algebra in 3 minutes

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Learn the basics of Algebra in 3 minutes
See if you can folow the question below and how we deal with it.


Question 9:

Here's a question that may not need x or y, but good algebra logic is needed.

It comes from a Tri-County Tech. book in South Carolina.

The speed of a river is 5 mph. If a boat travels 98 miles downstream in the same time it takes to travel 49 miles upstream, what is the speed of the boat in still water?

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Click on the answer below you believe is the correct one, and see if you are right.

'A' - 15

'B' - 16

'C' - 17

'D' - 18.683


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