document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=291595>Question 291595</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the current of a river is 3 miles per hour . the speed of a motor boat going downstream is 1 2/3 times as fast as going upstream. it takes the motor boat  a  total of 2 hours 40 minutes to make a round trip between A and B; A and B are positions in the river . find the distance between A and B in miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 17 2/3   b 15   c  13 3/4   d 12  e  10 2/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=1 2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b+c)*x=(b-c)*y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b+c)=5/3*(b-c)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 12,   c = 3,   x = 1,   y = 5/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "boat 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "downstream 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "upstream 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/3=15/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15*1=15 miles from a to b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9*5/3=15 <BR>\n" );
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