document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=473572>Question 473572</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a stream whose current flows at the speed of 3 km/hr ,a man rowed upstream and returned to his starting point in 6.25 hrs .If the man rows at a speed of 5 km/hr in still water,how long did he row upstream? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Upstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = t hrs ; rate = 5-3 km/h ; distance = 2t km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Downstream DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 6.25-t hrs ; rate = 5+3 km/h ; distance = 8(6.25-t) km\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t = 8(6.25-t)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10t = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 5 hr (time to row upstream)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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