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Fran swims at a rate of speed of 2.6km/hr in still water, the lazy river flows at a speed of 0.4km/hr. How long will it take Fran to
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Fran swims at a rate of speed of 2.6km/hr in still water, the lazy river flows at a speed of 0.4km/hr. How long will it take Fran to
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Fran swims at a rate of speed of 2.6km/hr in still water, the lazy river flows at a speed of 0.4km/hr. How long will it take Fran to swim 1. km upstream? Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There really isn't enough info for a real world situation because we don't know how she will react to the current and stream and we know nothing about her endurance.
But from a math point of view, she will swim 2.2 km in one hour upstream.
2.2/60=1/x
x=27.27 minutes
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