document.write( "Question 821599: [ A boat travels 25 mph is still water. it takes 3 1/3 hrs in total for the boat to travel 40 [MILES] up a river and then return by the same route. what is the speed of the current in the river? ] \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "s = d / t
\n" ); document.write( "t = d / s
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\n" ); document.write( "T = 3+1/3 = 10/3 = 40/(25 + w) + 40/(25 - w)
\n" ); document.write( "10/3 = 40/(25 + w) + 40/(25 - w)
\n" ); document.write( "10/3 = 40(25 - w)/(25 - w)(25 + w) + 40(25 + w)/(25 - w)(25 + w)
\n" ); document.write( "(10/3)(25 - w)(25 + w) = 40(25 - w) + 40(25 + w)
\n" ); document.write( "(250/3 - (10/3)w)(25 + w) = 1000 - 40w + 1000 + 40w
\n" ); document.write( "(6250/3) + (250/3)w - (250/3)w - (10/3)ww - 2000 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "(6250/3) - (10/3)ww - (6000/3) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "-(10/3)ww - (250/3) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "-3.333333ww - 83.333333 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "the above quadratic equation is in standard form, with a=-3.333333, b=0, and c=-83.333333
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\n" ); document.write( "the quadratic has complex root, which are:
\n" ); document.write( "w = 0 + (-5.00000024)i
\n" ); document.write( "w = 0 - (-5.00000024)i
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\n" ); document.write( "answer:
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