document.write( "Question 1145965: Please help me to solve this problem,,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A crew rowed upstream from A to B and then back to C between A and B. the time from A to B 1hour and from B to C is 12 minutes. the distance from B to C is 1/3 of the distance between A and B.. \n" ); document.write( "

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k, speed of the stream current
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document.write( "               SPEED    TIME      DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "A to B          r-k       1        d\r\n" );
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document.write( "B to C          r+k            \r\n" );
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