document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162960>Question 1162960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A coast guard cutter can sail 200 miles against the current in the same amount of time it can sail 260 miles with the current.  If the current is 3 miles per hour, how fast can the cutter sail in still water? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large d\ =\ rt\">, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\ =\ \frac{d}{r}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\"> represent the speed without the current.  Then the upstream speed is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ -\ 3\"> and the downstream speed is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ +\ 3\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the upstream trip, the distance is 200, the rate is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ -\ 3\">, and the time is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\">, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ t\ =\ \frac{200}{r\,-\,3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the downstream trip, the distance is 260, the rate is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ +\ 3\">, and the time is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\">, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ t\ =\ \frac{260}{r\,+\,3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\ =\ t\"> we can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{260}{r\,+\,3}\ =\ \frac{200}{r\,-\,3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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