document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=458699>Question 458699</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In still water, a boat averages 30 miles per hour. It takes the boat the same amount of time to travel 16 mles downstream, with the current, as 14 miles upstream, against the current. What is the rate of the water's current?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #314660 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16949)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=314660\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Boat speed	=	30	mph										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "current speed 	=	x	mph										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wind speed													<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed against	current	30	-	x				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed with	current	30	+	x									<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance against	wind	14	miles										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance with 	wind	16	miles										<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=d/r	time against = time with												<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14/(30-x	)=16/(30	+x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14(30+x	)=16(30-x)			<BR>\n" );
document.write( "420+14x	=480-16x 					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x+14x	=60								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30x=60										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/30												<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2	mph	current speed 				<BR>\n" );
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