document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=601335>Question 601335</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A tugboat can go 10mph in still water. However, traveling in a river, it travels 24 miles upstream and 24 miles back in a total time of 5 hours. What is the speed of the current of the river? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "so speed is v +c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "upstream means against current <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so speed is v-c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24/(v+c) +24/(v-c) = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve the equation v= 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so c =2 mph<BR>\n" );
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