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document.write( "if a boat travels 8 miles upstream in the same time it takes it to travel 12 miles downstream, and the boat can go 15 miles per hour, what is the rate of the current?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">With C being rate of current, the following TIME equation is formed: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F%2815+-+C%29+=+12%2F%2815+%2B+C%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F%2815+-+C%29+=+12%2F%2815+%2B+C%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving the equation should result in the following rate of current: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+3%2C+mph%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+3%2C+mph%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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