13.156. A motorboat with a speed of 20 km/h traveled the distance between two points along the river and back without stopping in 6 hours and 15 minutes. The distance between the points is 60 km. Determine the speed of the river current.
Solution.

Let $v_{\text {r }}$ km/h be the speed of the river current; the boat traveled 60 km downstream in $\frac{60}{20+v_{\mathrm{r}}}$ hours, and upstream in $\frac{60}{20-v_{\mathrm{r}}}$ hours. According to the problem, $\frac{60}{20+v_{\mathrm{r}}}+\frac{60}{20-v_{\mathrm{r}}}=6.25$, from which $v_{\mathrm{r}}=4$ km/h.

Answer: 4 km/h.