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    Speed problem with current(Resolved)

    Hi I'm trying to solve this problem, but I can'T get the solution exempt by try and error. What am I doing wrong?

    Problem:

    A ship travels along a river from A to B and back. Time required for both ways is 11,5 hrs. The river has a current of 2,5 Knots(Nm/hr). The distance from A to B is 91 Nm.
    What's the speed of the ship (speed thru water!)

    I have:
    T1= Time to travel from A to B (with the current)
    T2= Time to travel from B to A (against the current)
    V= Speed of Ship (Speed thru the water)
    T2=11,5 hrs -T1
    The equation is:
    2*91= T1*(V+2,5) + (11,5-T1)*(V-2,5)

    I can convert this one back and for, but T1 and V will allways be in there. How would I get the correct value for V?

    Note 15,8 is not the coorect one, this one would assume no current and T1=T2!
    By try and error I got 16,2 Kn
    Last edited by opus; Feb 11th, 2003 at 04:53 AM.
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