BRAINLIEST! ASAP! A boat travelling at top speed upstream moves at 15km/hr. When it travels downstream, again at top speed< it moves at 25km/hr. What is the boat's top speed in still water?

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Answer:

  20 km/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

The boat's still-water speed is the average of its speeds against and with the current:

  (15 +25)/2 = 20 . . . km/hr

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If you want to write equations, you can let b and c represent the speeds of the boat and current in km/hr.

  b - c = 15 . . . . upstream speed

  b + c = 25 . . . . downstream speed

Add these two equations, and you get ...

  (b -c) +(b +c) = (15) +(25)

  2b = 40

  b = 20 . . . . divide by 2

The speed of the boat in still water is 20 km/hr.

Answer:

20 km/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, you have to find the average speed it is going. To find this, you just add up all of the speeds mentioned and divide it by the number of speeds you added.

15 +25=40

40/2=20

20km/hr!!!

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