SOLUTION: Gerald can row 52 kilometers in 4 hours. Returning upstream, it takes 8 hours to complete the trip. Find his rate in still water and the rate of the current.

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Question 1192969: Gerald can row 52 kilometers in 4 hours. Returning upstream, it takes 8 hours to complete the trip. Find his rate in still water and the rate of the current.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Gerald can row 52 kilometers in 4 hours.
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In the presence of river current, or in absence of it?


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Gerald can row (?) 52 kilometers in 4 hours. Returning upstream, it takes 8 hours to complete the trip.
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Gerald rows, if still-water, at 13 kilometers per hour.

Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Very bad style of formulating Math problem.


It is the same style, as if in the musical composition a composer (Mozart, Vivaldi) would omit (miss)
one tact, leaving it to the public to guess what this missed tact should be.


It is not even possible to imagine it . . .


A ticket to the problem's composer for his (or her) careless job.