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\n" ); document.write( "A motorboat traveling with the current went 45 miles in 3 hours. Against the current, it took 4.5 hours to travel the same distance. Find the rate of the boat in calm water.
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Let speed in calm water be S
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document.write( "Then we get:  
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document.write( "Also,  
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document.write( "2S = 25 ------ Adding eqs (ii) & (i)
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document.write( "S, or speed in calm water = 
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document.write( "That's how SIMPLE this is......no COMPLEXITIES/CONFUSION! \n" );
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