document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152438>Question 1152438</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Garth can row 6 miles per hour in still water, it takes him as long to row 5 miles upstream as to miles downstream. how fast is the current?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) write an expression for the rage with the current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) write an expression for the rate against the current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) write a rational equation you could use to solve this problem <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D) solve your equation  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "              SPEED        TIME       DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "UPSTREAM        6-c        5/(6-c)       5\r\n" );
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document.write( "DOWNSTR         6+c        x/(6+c)       x\r\n" );
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document.write( "A piece of information is missing in the problem description.  The question probably expects the two times to be equated, and solve for c. </SPAN>\n" );
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