document.write( "Question 1208884: The steamboat traveled down the Ohio River at 22 mph and upstream at 14 mph. What was the steamboat's upstream travel time if it was 4 hours more than the time required to travel the same distance downstream? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let's call the distance in miles traveled one way $\"d\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "The time in hours to travel downstream is $\"d%2F22\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "The time in hours to travel upstream is $\"d%2F14\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( " $\"d%2F14=d%2F22%2B4\"$ --> $\"d%2F14-d%2F22=4\"$ --> $\"%2822d-14d%29%2F%2814%2A22%29=4\"$ --> $\"8d%2F%2814%2A22%29=4\"$ -->
\n" ); document.write( " $\"d=4%2A14%2A22%2F8\"$ --> $\"d=14%2A11%7D%7D+--%3E+%7B%7B%7Bd=154\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The upstream travel time was $\"d%2F14=14%2A11%2F14=11\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The downstream travel time was $\"d%2F22=14%2A11%2F22=7\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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