document.write( "Question 433043: A canoeist can paddle a canoe 6 kilometers per hour in still water. If the canoeist can paddle 1 kilomter upstream in the same amount of time that they can paddle 1.5 kilometers downstream, how fast is the current? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let c represent the speed of the current
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document.write( "Question states*** time is the same Note: t = D/r 
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document.write( "1.5/(6+c) = 1/(6-c)   |cross Multiplying
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document.write( "   6 + c = 1.5(6-c)
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document.write( "      2.5c = 3
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document.write( "         c = 1.2kmph\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "   1.5/7.2 = 1/4.8 = .2083hr  \r
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document.write( "As to Your further question:
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document.write( "     A.   = (3/8x)(12x/5)= 36/40 = 9/10
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document.write( "     B. 4/15y/12/5y = (4/15y)(5y/12) = 1/9
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