document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1008544>Question 1008544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kate can row a boat 12 miles per hour in still water. in a river where the current is 6 miler per hour, it take her 5 hour longer to row a given distance upstream than to travel the same distance downstream.  Find how long it takes her to row upstream, how long to row downstream, and how many miles she rows.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me to solve.  Algebra 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in a river where the current is 6 miler per hour, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "it takes her 5 hour longer to row a given distance upstream than to travel the same distance downstream.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find how long it takes her to row upstream, how long to row downstream, and how many miles she rows. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 12-6 = 6 mph ; distance = x miles ; time = x/6 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Downstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 12 + 6 = 18 mph ; distance = x miles ; time = x/18 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/6 + x/18 = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22.5 miles (distance)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time upstream = 22.5/6 = 3 3/4 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time downstream = 22.5/18 = 1 1/4 hours<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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