document.write( "Question 1117676: Rick paddled up the river, spent the night camping, and then paddled back. He spent 10 hours paddling and the campground was 24 miles away. If Rick kayaked at a speed of 5 mph, what was the speed of the current (in mph)? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "As soon as you got this equation (the \"time\" equation)\r\n" );
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document.write( " +  = 10,\r\n" );
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document.write( "you can obtain (to guess) the correct solution MENTALLY and MOMENTARILY c = 1 mile per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check.   +  =  +  = 4 + 6 = 10 hours.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can find many similar fully solved problems on upstream and downstream round trips with detailed solutions in lessons \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Unpowered raft floating downstream along a river\r
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