document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1145608>Question 1145608</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The rate at which a river flows is one-third the speed of a boat in still water. If that boat travels down that river for two hours and then back upriver for two hours, it will be 16 miles short of its starting point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the speed of the boat in still river?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help--thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here where I got so far-but the answer does not come out  to the choices given<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 ÷ ( x + 2) + 1/3 ÷ (x - 2) =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here are the choice of answers given: 4mph, 8mph, 12mph, 24mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #766847 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52781)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=766847\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How you start solving the problem in your post, clearly shows that you are unfamiliar with the subject.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a typical and standard Upstream and Downstream trip word problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can find many similar fully solved problems on upstream and downstream trips with detailed solutions in lessons \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Wind-and-Current-problems.lesson>Wind and Current problems</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/More-problems-on-upstream-and-downstream-round-trips.lesson>More problems on upstream and downstream round trips</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Wind-and-Current-problems-solvable-by-quadratic-equations.lesson>Wind and Current problems solvable by quadratic equations</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Unpowered-raft-moving-downstream-along-a-river.lesson>Unpowered raft floating downstream along a river</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Selected-problems-from-the-archive-on-a-boat-floating-Upstream-and-Downstream.lesson>Selected problems from the archive on the boat floating Upstream and Downstream</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site, where you will find other similar solved problems with detailed explanations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read them attentively and learn how to solve this type of problems once and for all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, &nbsp;you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson>ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK</A>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the section \"<U>Word problems</U>\", &nbsp;the topic \"<U>Travel and Distance problems</U>\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Save the link to this online textbook together with its description\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I<BR>\n" );
document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to your archive and use it when it is needed.\r<BR>\n" );
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