document.write( "Question 329308: Junior’s boat will go 15 miles per
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document.write( "hour in still water. If he can go 12 miles downstream in the
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document.write( "same amount of time as it takes to go 9 miles upstream,
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Algebra.Com's Answer #236155 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=Distance \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let W be the speed of the current, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Add those two results, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |