document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=123747>Question 123747</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A boat travels at a constant rate of 8 miles per hour in still water. It travels upstream for 3/4 of an hour. It then turns around and travels downstream, returning to the starting point, in 1/2 of an hour. Find the rate of the current.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What's the answer and how do you solve it. This is driving me crazy! :-D Please Help </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #90812 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=90812\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> rate times time equals distance __ the distances are the same \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=current __ (8-x)(3/4)=(8+x)(1/2) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiplying by 4 to clear fractions __ 24-3x=16+2x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8=5x </SPAN>\n" );
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