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document.write( "The downstream speed was 12 km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The upstream speed was 9 km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boat's speed is the average, 10.5 km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The speed of the current is the difference, 1.5 km/hr<BR>\n" );
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