document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986512>Question 986512</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it takes a motorboat 1 1/3 hpurs to go 20 miles downstream and 2 2/9 hours to return. find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the speed up and downstream.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find mi/hr, divide the miles by the hours.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The boat's speed is the average of the 2 speeds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The current is the difference between boat's speed and speed wrt to the Earth. </SPAN>\n" );
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