SOLUTION: It takes a fish 40 min to swim 10,000 feet upstream and 8 minutes to swim the same distance downstream. Find the speed of the fish in still water and the speed of the current.

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Question 1145422: It takes a fish 40 min to swim 10,000 feet upstream and 8 minutes to swim the same distance downstream. Find the
speed of the fish in still water and the speed of the current.

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