Dan and cheryl paddled their canoe 40 mi in 5 hr with the current and 16 mi in 8 hr against the current. find the speed of the current and the speed of the canoe in still water

Let the speed of the current be x and the speed of the canoe in still water be y, then



Adding the two equations, we have:



From any of the equations, we have that x = 2

Therefore, the speed of the current is 2 miles per hour while the speed of the canoe in still water is 5 miles per hour.

First subtract 10 from both side
y^2+6y-16=0
(y+8)(y-2)=0
-8 and 2

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