document.write( "Question 1189959: A motorboat travels 152 kilometers in 4 hours going upstream. It travels 232 kilometers going downstream in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #821477 by josgarithmetic(39616) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "r, boat speed in still water\r\n" );
document.write( "c, speed of the river current\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  SPEEDS      TIME        DISTANCE(kilometers)\r\n" );
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document.write( "UPSTREAM           r-c          4          152\r\n" );
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document.write( "DOWNSTRM           r+c          4          232\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"RATE=DISTANCE%2FTIME\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"system%28r-c=38%2Cr%2Bc=58%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can finish. \n" ); document.write( "

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