document.write( "Question 1195364: You wish to cross a River from point A to the other side of the river, point B. You are using a boat that can travel at 7mph, the river has a current of 2mph. It’ll take you 15 minutes to cross the river, how far downstream will you be by the time you reach point B?\r
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document.write( "I hope I’m doing this right. I got 1.75(2)=3.5, but that answer isn’t an answer choice.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #827870 by ikleyn(52798)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In this post, two different problems are mixed - - - which makes the whole \" problem \" INVALID.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One problem is about crossing the river using a boat, from one its bank to another.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The other problem is floating downstream at given boat's own speed and added current speed.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When two different problems are mistakenly mixed in one,\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the resulting product is only good to WHAT ? to WHAT ? ? to WHAT ? ? ? \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " OK, in this post my task is to disguise this defective problem's formulation\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " (for future generation of students, who will read it - to save their time and their brain . . . )\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a surprise to me that the other tutor does not see it . . . \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |