document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234205>Question 234205</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A motorboat can go 14 miles downstream on a river in 20 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for this boat to go back upstream the same 14 miles. Find the speed of the current. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "R=14/(1/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=14*3=42 MPH DOWNSTREAM.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=14/(1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=14*2/1=28 MPH UPSTREAM.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(42-28)/2=14/2=7 MPH IS THE SPEED OF THE CURRENT.<BR>\n" );
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