document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=36973>Question 36973</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am a home schooled student and i do not have a text book curriculum.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The excursion boat on a river takes 2 1/2 hours to make the trip to a point 12 miles upstream and to return. If the rate at whick the boat travels in still water is 5 times the rate of the river current, what is the rate of the current? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #22749 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=22749\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Leeting x be the rate fo the current:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2 1/2 hours ->2.5 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12[(6x)+(4x)]=2.5[(6x)(4x)]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2-2x=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2-2x=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x-2) or...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the result by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence, the rate of the current is 2mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Paul.<BR>\n" );
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