document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201288>Question 201288</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A fish swim 8 miles downstream in two hours. he return upstream in 14 hours. how fast does the fish swim in still water ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "c = speed of the current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = speed of the fish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use d = rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = (r+c)*2 downstream<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = (r-c)*14 upstream<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2r + 2c = 8 --> 14r + 14c = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14r-14c = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14r+14c = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------------- Add the equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28r = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 16/7 mph<BR>\n" );
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