document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196919>Question 1196919</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A motorboat takes 5 hours to travel 200 miles going upstream. The return trip takes 4 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The effective upstream speed is 40 mph and the effective downstream speed is 50 mph.  Same distance each direction  (\"return trip\").\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r boat speed no current<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c speed of current\r<BR>\n" );
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