A boat takes 6 hours to travel 8 km upstream and 32km downstream , and it takes 7 hours to travel 20 km upstream and 16km downstream . Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Vaverage= total distance/total time=16+8+20+32/6+7 aproxmatily =6