document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=823532>Question 823532</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a boat is travelling at x mph for 3 hours upstream on a trip, and goes 2 mph faster on the return trip which lasts 2.5 hours, how far does the boat travel upstream?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 3 hrs ; rate = x mph ; distance = 3x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Downstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 2.5 hrs ; rate = (x+2) mph ; distance = (5/2)(x+2) miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance up = distance back<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = (5/2)x + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)x = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance = 3x = 30 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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