document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1074469>Question 1074469</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ed Plawski's fishing boat travels 4 hours downstream with a 6-mph current.  Returning, against the current, takes 5 hours.  Find the speed of Ed's boat. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "speed of boat is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+6)*4=4(x+6) miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-6)*5=5(x-6) miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two distances are equivalent.  Set them equal to each other and distribute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+24=5x-30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=54 mph boat speed ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "downstream at 60 mph for 4 hours is 240 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "upstream at 48 mph for 5 hours is 240 miles<BR>\n" );
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