document.write( "Question 1008016: The Scouts can raft 15 mi downstream from one camp to another in 3 hr, but it takes 5 hr to paddle back to their camp upstream. What is the scouts' paddling rate in still water? What is the rate of the current in the stream. \n" ); document.write( "

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r, water when no current
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document.write( "             rate        time       distance\r\n" );
document.write( "DOWN         r+c          3          15\r\n" );
document.write( "UPST         r-c          5          15\r\n" );
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