document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=482248>Question 482248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The speed of a stream is 4 mph, if a boat travels 44 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to travel 22 miles, what is the speed of the boat in still water </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Downstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dist = 44 miles; rate = b+4 mph ; time = 44/(b+4) hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dist = 22 miles; rate = b-4 mph ; time = 22/(b-4) hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time up = time down<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44/(b+4) = 22/(b-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/(b+4) = 1/(b-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(b-4) = b+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2b-4 = b+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 8 mph (speed of the boat in still water)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H.<BR>\n" );
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