document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=43353>Question 43353</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Laverne's Mercruiser travels 2 km/h in still water.  she motors 140km downstream in the same time it takes to go 1km upstream.  What is the speed of the river?\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 #28379 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=28379\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the speed of the current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+x=140(2-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+x=280-140x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "141x=278<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence, the speed of the current is 1.9km<BR>\n" );
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