document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=296143>Question 296143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i am in law enforcement and reviewing a cold case file. i am trying to determine a possible distance of entry into the water from where the body was recovered.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "answer needed is possible distance of travel\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "object wt. apprx 110lbs in water, water current is moving at a rate of 7 miles per hour. what would be the distance this object could travel in 24 hours?\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "i was not sure on how the weight would affect the speed that the object would travel.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "thank you so much for your review. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #213461 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Deina><B>Deina(147)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Deina><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Deina><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=213461\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The weight itself shouldn't be a factor.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "The <i>academic</i> answer would be 7 * 24 = 168 miles. <br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Having said that, that would be under ideal conditions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Realistically speaking there are a <b>vast</b> number of variables to consider.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First, it's not likely that any stream or river is going to run at a constant 7 mph for that distance. It will slow as the stream widens and speed up as it narrows.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is it in a coastal area where a part of the journey could be affected by tide?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next was the body totally submerged, or was it floating in such a manner that wind and/or waves would have affected it? I think that wind and tide are the only natural forces that could make it go farther than the calculated 168 miles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Last, and most certainly not of least importance: <b>if</b> the body drug along the ground, got caught in debris, rocks or an eddy, those things would all slow it's progress.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Knowing no more than I do about the conditions, if someone held a gun to my head & <b>forced</b> me to bet, I'd say that the body entered the water <i>considerably</i> closer than the 168 mile point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I really don't know if I've helped you very much, but I <i>hope</i> I did. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );