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a kayack guide took two hours to paddle 20 miles downstream with the current and four hours to paddle 16 miles upstream against the current. find the speed of the current and the average paddling speed

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The speed of current and average speed of paddling is 3 and 7 respectively.

Let p represents paddling speed of kayack guide  and c represents speed of current.

If paddling downstream, the total speed is p + c because you’re paddling with the current. Similarly, if paddling upstream, the total speed is p - c because you would be paddling against the current.

Since paddling downstream took  2 hours so distance covered 2*(p + c)

which is equal to 20 miles.

2*(p + c) =20.

p + c = 10. -----i

Paddling upstream took 4 hours so distance covered 4*(p-c).

which is equal to 16 miles.

4*(p-c) = 16.

p - c = 4.  -------ii

adding both equation c will be cancelled. 2*p=14 p =7.

put value of p in equation i.

7 + c = 10  ,c = 3.

So the speed of current and average speed of paddling is 3 and 7 respectively.

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