document.write( "Question 378925: Kathy can paddle her kayak 6 miles an hour in still water. it takes her as long to paddle 5 miles up stream as 10 miles downstream in the Wabash river near Lafayette Indiana. determine the rivers current. \r
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document.write( "D = r*t OR t = D/r  Question sets up a \"same time\" equality:
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document.write( "Let c be the rate of the current:
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document.write( "Write as we Read
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document.write( "cross multiply to solve for c
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document.write( "5(6mph+c) = 10(6mph-c)
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document.write( "30mph + 5c = 60mph - 10c
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document.write( "15c = 30mph
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document.write( "c = 2mph is the rate of the current \n" );
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