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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Cape Cod canal is 11 miles long. A passenger boat goes from New York to Boston, via the canal and ocean, in 15 1/3 hours, while a freighter makes the same trip in 30 hours. On the ocean the passenger boat averages 18mph, while the freighter averages half that rate. Inside the canal the freighter's rate was 2/3 that of the passenger boat. How far from New York is Boston, via the canal and ocean? (Hint: Use a table for the canal to obtain information used in the second table for the ocean.) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the Rate, Time, Distance table in my book we came up with x=8 1/4 or x=33/4. When I enter 33/4 into the equation I get 11 over 33 over 4. I am not sure how to work a fraction like this. Please help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%2F33 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%2F33\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > reduces to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "to divide <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by 4:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
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