document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=394298>Question 394298</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please show me the solution of this problem: \"In 6 hours, two men can row 16 miles downstream on a river and back. Their rate upstream is twice the rate of the current. Find the rate of the current.\" </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Their rate upstream is twice the rate of the current.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the rate of the current.\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = rate of the current<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = the rate going upstream<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = rate in still water;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = rate going downstream<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write a time equation; time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream time + downstream time = 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%2F%282x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%2F%282x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%2F4x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%2F4x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 4x, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(16) + 16 = 6(4x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32 + 16 = 24x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 = 24x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=48%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"48%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2 mph is the current<BR>\n" );
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