A small motorboat travels 14 mph in still water. It takes 5 hours longer to...

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A small motorboat travels 14 mph in still water. It takes 5 hours longer to travel 31 miles going upstream than it does going downstream. Find the rate of the current.(Hint: 14+x=rate going downstream and 14 - x = rate going upstream.) (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

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