document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=888665>Question 888665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in going over a round trip of 80 km each way. it takes a boat travel at 15 kph in still water in a total time 8 and a half hours. what was the rate of the river's current? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " it takes a boat travel at 15 kph in still water in a total time 8 and a half hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " what was the rate of the river's current?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't think this problem can work, even with no current, it would take over 10 hrs to make the round trip<BR>\n" );
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