document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=167461>Question 167461</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dick's motorboat can make an average 8 miles an hour.  One day he sets out for a trip, only to have the motor break down.  Dick rows back at 2 miles an hour.  When he reaches his dock, he finds that he has been gone for 5 hours.  How far has he rowed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " trip, only to have the motor break down. Dick rows back at 2 miles an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " When he reaches his dock, he finds that he has been gone for 5 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far has he rowed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = distance rowed (same as by motor)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation. Time = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=distance%2Fspeed ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"distance%2Fspeed\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Motor time + rowing time = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply equation by 8 to get rid of the denominators, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d + 4d = 8(5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5d = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 8 miles rowed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution in our equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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