document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=727285>Question 727285</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can travel by boat 8 miles downstream in the same amount of time it takes you to travel 4 miles upstream. What is the speed of the current?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #445040 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=445040\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+c+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+c+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The time, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the same for both trips<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The speed going downstream minus the speed of the current <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equals the speed going upstream plus the speed of the current<BR>\n" );
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