document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=933931>Question 933931</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The speed of a stream is 6 mph. If a boat travels 74 miles downstream in the same to time that it takes to travel 37 miles up stream, what is the speed of the boat in still water? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "dist = 74 miles ; rate = b+6; time = 74/(b+6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dist = 37 miles ; rate = b-6 ; time = 37/(b-6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "74/(b+6) = 37/(b-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "74b - 6*74 = 37b + 6*37<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "37b = 6(37+74)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "37b = 666<BR>\n" );
document.write( "boat speed = 666/37 = 18 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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