document.write( "Question 1060060: A boat travels 6 miles upstream in 3 hours. Going downstream, it can travel 24 miles in the same amount of time. Find the speed of the current and the speed of the boat in still water \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "                SPEED      TIME     DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "UPSTREAM        r-c         3        6\r\n" );
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document.write( "DOWNSTREAM      r+c         3        24\r\n" );
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