document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40753>Question 40753</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> here's one of them: after rowing 2 miles upstream, a canoeist passes a log floating with the current. He travels 1 hour and then turns back and arrives home hust as the log gets there. Find the rate of the current.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2:the ratio of 2 posotive numbers is 3:2. The bigger number divided my the 10 less than the smaller is 2 with the remainder of 8. What is the smaller number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3: Hallmark is going out of business! Amanda bought 6 b-day cards and 5 grad. cards for $1.52. Later in the day she decided to buy 3 b-day cards and 7 grad cards for $1.48. What is the proce for each kind of card?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26143 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rajagopalan><B>rajagopalan(174)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rajagopalan><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rajagopalan><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26143\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2. Let the bigger number = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   Let the other  number = y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   we get x:y = 3:2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   2x = 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x  =(3/2)y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "again (x-8)/(y-10) = 2 (big divided by 10 less than small) = quo 2, rem 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-8 = 2(y-10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-8 = 2y-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-2y = -20+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subst x=(3/2)y,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3/2)y - 2y = -20+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(1/2)y = -12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 24 that is it. </SPAN>\n" );
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