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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #246628 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( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Upstream, against the current, \n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( "Downstream, with the current, \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( "Total time, \n" ); document.write( "3. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Substitute into eq. 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |