document.write( "Question 870769: A motorboat traveled for 3 hr with a 2mph current. The return trip against the same current took 4 hr.
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D = rt
\n" ); document.write( "(r + 2mph)3hr = (r-2mph)4hr
\n" ); document.write( " 3r + 6 = 4r - 8
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\n" ); document.write( " 16mph(3hr) = 12mph(4hr) = 48mi
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