A motorboat can go 16 miles dowstream... Find the rate of the boat?

GraceC

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Hey guys I have two math questions:
1. A motorboat can go 16 miles downstream on a river in 20 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for the boat to go back upstream the sam 16 miles. Find the speed of the boat.

2. A plane flies 600 miles with a tail wind in 2 hours. It takes the same plane 3 hours to fly the 600 miles when flying against the wind. What is the plane's speed in still air.

I am really lost on these questions. Thanks in advanced.
If you can show me how to actually do these questions it would be much appreciated.
 
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