document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1066862>Question 1066862</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A motorbat can travel 9 miles/hr up a river and back downstream at 15 miles/hr. Find the rate of motorbat in still water and the rate of the river current. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #682082 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39623)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=682082\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is the trip up the same distance as the trip back down?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2Au=15%2Ab ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2Au=15%2Ab\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for uP and bACK times\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%289=r-c%2C15=r%2Bc%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%289=r-c%2C15=r%2Bc%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for r rate if no current, c for rate  of just the current - this is the system needed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add corresponding members.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r-c%2Br%2Bc=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r-c%2Br%2Bc=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2r=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2r=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28r=12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28r=12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >------boat speed in still water.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract corresponding members.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2c=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2c=6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28c=3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28c=3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >------speed of the river current </SPAN>\n" );
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