document.write( "Question 859149: Traveling down stream a boat went 15 mph traveling upstream the boat only went 4 mph find the speed of the current and the speed of the boat if there was no current \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let s and c represent speed of boat and current respectively
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document.write( "  s + c = 15mph
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document.write( "  s - c = 4mph
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document.write( "      2s = 19
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document.write( "       s = 9.5mph  and current is 5.5mph
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