A kayak can travel 24 miles downstream in 3 hours, while it would take 12 hours to make the same trip upstream. Find the speed of the kayak in still water, as well as the speed of the current?
1 Answer
Dec 1, 2017
Kayak:
Current:
Explanation:
The equation you need to know is
When traveling downstream, the two speeds add. That is:
When traveling upstream, however, the current opposes the kayak speed so it subtracts.
Now, we can add the two equations to get:
So, the kayak travels