SOLUTION: Meeta can row her boat at 5km per hour in sill water.If she takes 1hr more to row the boat 5.25km upstream than to return downstream,find the speed of the stream.

Question 696792: Meeta can row her boat at 5km per hour in sill water.If she takes 1hr more to row the boat 5.25km upstream than to return downstream,find the speed of the stream.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Meeta can row her boat at 5km per hour in still water. If she takes 1hr more to row the boat 5.25km upstream than to return downstream, find the speed of the stream.
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Upstream DATA:
rate = 5 - s ; distance = 5.25 km ; time = d/r = 5.25/(5-s) hrs.
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Downstream DATA:
rate = 5+s ; distance = 5.25 km ; time = d/r = 5.25/(5+s) hrs
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Equation:
time - time = 1 hr
5.25/(5-s) - 5.25/(5+s) = 1
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5.25*5 + 5.25s - 5.25*5 + 5.25s = 25-s^2
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10.5s = 25-s^2
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s^2 + 10.5s - 25 = 0
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Factor:
(s-2)(s+12.5) = 0
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Positive solution:
s = 2 km/hr (speed of the stream)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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