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document.write( "a sailboat travels 20 miles downstream in 4 hours. it returns in 5 hours. find the speed of the sailboat in still water and the rate of the current. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "20/4 = 5 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20/5 = 4 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The speed of the boat is the average = 4.5 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The current is the difference = 0.5 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's odd that there's no mention of the wind for a sailboat.\r<BR>\n" );
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