document.write( "Question 578251: In a white water relay race, one kayak team averaged 26 km/h downstream but only 6 km/h upstream in the white water course. What was the rate of the kayak in still water? What was the rate of the current? \n" ); document.write( "
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n a white water relay race, one kayak team averaged 26 km/h downstream but only 6 km/h upstream in the white water course.
\n" ); document.write( " What was the rate of the kayak in still water?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = kayak speed in still water
\n" ); document.write( "Let c = rate of the current
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\n" ); document.write( "From the information given, we know:
\n" ); document.write( "downstream: s + c = 26
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "upstream: s - c = 6
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\n" ); document.write( "We can use elimination here:
\n" ); document.write( "s + c = 26
\n" ); document.write( "s - c = 6
\n" ); document.write( "-----------adding eliminates c, find s
\n" ); document.write( "2s = 32
\n" ); document.write( "s = 16 km/hr in still water
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\n" ); document.write( "\"What was the rate of the current?\"
\n" ); document.write( "16 + c = 26
\n" ); document.write( "c = 26 - 16
\n" ); document.write( "c = 10 km/hr is the rate of the current. \n" ); document.write( "
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