document.write( "Question 904259: Meg rowed her boat upstream a distance of 21 miles and then rowed back to the starting point the total time of the trip was 10 hours.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #548731 by richwmiller(17219)\"\" \"About 
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r*t=d\r
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\n" ); document.write( "(r+2)*a=21
\n" ); document.write( "(r-2)*b=21
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3, b = 7, r = 5
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