document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=469754>Question 469754</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it took a crew 4 hrs and 48 min to row 10.8 km upstream and back again. if the rate of flow of the stream was 3km/hr , what was the rowing rate of the crew in still water ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the rate of flow of the stream was 3km/hr , what was the rowing rate of the crew in still water ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Roundtrip DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 4 4/5 hrs ; distance = 10.8 km ; rate = 10.8/(24/5)= 2.25 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Upstream rate = s-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Downstream rate = s+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Average rate:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(s + 3 + s-3)/2 = 2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s/2 = 2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 2.25 mph rate in still water<BR>\n" );
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