A tugboat can pull a barge 60 miles upstream in 15 hours. The same tugboat and barge
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A tugboat can pull a barge 60 miles upstream in 15 hours. The same tugboat and barge can make the return trip downstream in 6 hours. Determine the speed of the current in the river.
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