document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=401544>Question 401544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the river current is 8 mph. a jet ski can travel 34 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to go 18 miles upstream. what is the speed of th jet ski with no current? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "c = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = jet ski's speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = d/r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 34/(j+c) = 18/(j-c)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34/(j+8) = 18/(j-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34(j-8) = 18(j+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34j-272 = 18j+144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16j = 416<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 26 mph<BR>\n" );
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