document.write( "Question 1159172: A river has a current speed of 5 miles per hour. A boat travels down river for 20 miles. It then makes the return trip up the river. If the return trip took 8 hours and 20 minutes longer than the trip down river, what is the speed of the boat in still water? \n" ); document.write( "
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r, speed of boat in still water\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"20%2F%28r-5%29-20%2F%28r%2B5%29=8%261%2F3\"--------solve for r.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"120=5r%5E2-125\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"24=r%5E2-25\"
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