document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132109>Question 1132109</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person is rowing downstream, and drinking vodka as he rows.  As he passes under a bridge, the bottle falls into the water.  He doesn't notice, because he has drunk 1/2 the bottle.  Because the bottle is 1/2 empty, it floats.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He rows for 20 minutes, then finds the bottle is missing.  He turns around and rows upstream and meets the bottle 1 mile from the bridge.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What's the speed of the current? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "He rows for 20 minutes, then finds the bottle is missing.  He turns around and rows upstream and meets the bottle 1 mile from the bridge.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What's the speed of the current?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The boat and the bottle are in the same medium, the water.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Instead of a stream, imagine the event in open water, and bottle falls in near a buoy and the man rows away from it for 20 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Obviously, it takes 20 minutes to return.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The bottle moves 1 mile in 40 minutes --> 1.5 mi/hr current.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"classic version in rectified form\" ???  What does that mean? </SPAN>\n" );
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