document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=610762>Question 610762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A boat can travel 55 miles up the river in the same amount of time it takes to travel 65 miles down the same river. If the speed going down the river is  7 MPH faster than the speed goin gup the river, what is the speed of the boat going up the river? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "55 / x = 65 / (x + 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"cross\" multiplying ___ 55x + (7 * 55) = 65x </SPAN>\n" );
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