document.write( "Question 716802: Hi, I have a math problem I don't know how to do, it's:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A boat leaves from a dock, travels north. 8 kilometers, and then travels back 15 kilometers. If the boat travels back to the dock at a straight line, how many kilometers will the boat have traveled since it left the dock?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hint: If the boat goes 8 klicks north, then turns around and goes 15 klicks south, it has gone 7 klicks past where it started and then has to go back that same distance to get to where it started.\r
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