Maria can paddle her canoe 2 miles upstream against the current in the same time it would take her to paddle 6 miles downstream. Maria can paddle 2 mph in still water. What is the speed of the current

The answer is 2. Imagine Maria can paddle 4 miles in either direction if there was no current in 2 hours. But if we add the current then we would subtract 2 when she goes upstream so she would get 4-2 which is 2 miles. And would get an extra 2 miles going downstream. So 4+2= 6 miles.

So the speed of the current is 2 mph.

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