document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=360513>Question 360513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a boat crew rowed 16 miles downstream with the current in 2 hours . the return trip upstream against the current covered the same distance but took 4 hours find the crews rowing rate in still water of the current.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the crew rowing rate in still water is_________miles per hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the rate of the current is_________miles per hour </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "16=R*2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=16/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=8 MPH. WITH THE CURRENT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=R*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=16/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=4 MPH AGAINST THE CURRENT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8-4)/2=4/2=2 MPH IS THE RATE OF THE CURRENT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8-2=6 MPH RATE OF THE BOAT IN STILL WATER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4+2=6 MPH DITTO.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=(6+2)*2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=8*2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=(6-2)4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=4*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16=16<BR>\n" );
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