document.write( "Question 199463: Fred paddled for 3 hours with a 5 km/hr current to reach a campsite. The return trip against the same current took 10 hr. Find the speed of Freds canoe in still water. \n" ); document.write( "
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D=RT
\n" ); document.write( "D=(X+5)*3
\n" ); document.write( "D=(X-5)*10
\n" ); document.write( "3(X+5)=10(X-5)
\n" ); document.write( "3X+15=10X-50
\n" ); document.write( "3X-10X=-50-15
\n" ); document.write( "-7X=-65
\n" ); document.write( "X=-65/-7
\n" ); document.write( "X=9.29 KM/HR. IS THE SPEED OF THE CANOE.
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