document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=785852>Question 785852</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man swims  downstream from the shore to a certain point at an effective rate of 10 ft/min. He swims back from this point to the shore at an effective rate of 4 ft/min. If it took him 14 min altogether, how far out from the shore did he go? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Avg speed for the round trip =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*10*4/(10+4) = 40/7 ft/min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = r*t = (40/7)*14 = 80 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 40 feet each way<BR>\n" );
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