document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=623914>Question 623914</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A boat is traveling across a river in a straight line from point a to point b. If the boat is traveling at 7 mph and the river is moving at 2 mph. How far down river will the boat be from point b?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #392402 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=392402\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the distance from a to b <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there were no current at all, the  boat <BR>\n" );
document.write( "would cover <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+=+d%2F7+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+=+d%2F7+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%2F7+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%2F7+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours, the current would have moved<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the boat downstream <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2%28d%2F7%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2%28d%2F7%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The boat would be 2/7 of the distance a-b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from b downstream </SPAN>\n" );
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