document.write( "Question 921813: I need help setting up and answering this problem:
\n" ); document.write( "The speed of the current in a river is 2mph. John rows 13 miles upstream and the same 13 miles back downstream. If the trip downstream took 2 hours less than the trip upstream, what was John's rowing speed?
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r, rowing speed if no current
\n" ); document.write( "RT=D is uniform rates travel rule.
\n" ); document.write( "Using multiplicative inverse of R, T=D/R.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "UPSTREAM_______________r-2___________\"13%2F%28r-2%29\"___________13
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