SOLUTION: If Meg can row 6 km/hr but in the Branch River it took her 4 hours to row upstream and 2 hours to return. Find the speed at which the river was flowing.
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Question 802174: If Meg can row 6 km/hr but in the Branch River it took her 4 hours to row upstream and 2 hours to return. Find the speed at which the river was flowing. Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! c=speed of current.
Upstream, (6-c)4 kilometers
Downstream, (6+c)2 kilometers
The two distances are equal.
Solve for c.
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