document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=402051>Question 402051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The river is moving at 5 miles per hour.  A boat can travel 5 miles upstream in the same time that it takes to travel 15 miles downstream.  How fast can the boat go in still water?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> r + 5 = 3(r-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> r + 5 = 3r - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 20 = 2r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> r = 10 mph, the speed of the boat in still water. </SPAN>\n" );
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