document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974950>Question 974950</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kaitlin swam 8 kilometers against the current in the same amount of time it took her to swim 16 kilometers with the current. The rate of the current was 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "kilometer per hour. How fast would Kaitlin swim if there were no current?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #596749 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=596749\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> speed = x kph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)*t=8;  8/(x-1)= t   units are km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+1)t=16; 16/(x+1)=t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set them equal to each other\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8/(x-1)=16/(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cross multiply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x+8=16x-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x=-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3 kph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2kph against; 4kph with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Took her 4 hours to go 8 kph  against<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Took her 4 hours to go 16 kph with<BR>\n" );
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