document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189181>Question 1189181</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two kayakers paddle 18 km downstream with the current in the same time it takes them to go 8 km upstream against the current. The rate of the current is 3 km/hr. What is the rate of the kayakers in still water?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Downstream:  Distance (km)?  Rate (km/hr)?  Time (hr)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Upstream: Distance (km)?  Rate (km/hr)?  Time (hr) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "downstream         r+3       18/(r+3)             18\r\n" );
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document.write( "upstream           r-3        8/(r-3)              8\r\n" );
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document.write( "Those times are given as equal.\r<BR>\n" );
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