document.write( "Question 344571: A Hudson RIVER tugboat goes 10 mph in still water. It travels 24 miles upstream and 24 miles back in a total of 5 hours. What is the speed of the current? \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"C\" be the current speed.
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\n" ); document.write( "Upstream, against the current,
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"%2810-C%29t%5B1%5D=24\"
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\n" ); document.write( "2.\"%2810%2BC%29t%5B2%5D=24\"
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\n" ); document.write( "3.\"t%5B1%5D%2Bt%5B2%5D=5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1,
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\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5B2%5D=24%2F%2810%2BC%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"24%2F%2810-C%29%2B24%2F%2810%2BC%29=5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"24%2810%2BC%29%2B24%2810-C%29=5%2810%2BC%29%2810-C%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"240%2B24C%2B240-24C=5%28100-C%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"480=5%28100-C%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"96=100-C%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2=4\"
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