SOLUTION: DISTANCE, SPEED,AND TIME: It took a crew 2 hours 40mins. to row 6km upstream and back again. If the rate of flow of the stream was 3km/h, what was the rowing speed of the crew in s

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: DISTANCE, SPEED,AND TIME: It took a crew 2 hours 40mins. to row 6km upstream and back again. If the rate of flow of the stream was 3km/h, what was the rowing speed of the crew in still water? This question is from textbook algebra and trigonometry

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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The flow of the river should cancel since they went both directions.
They traveled 12km in 2hr 40min. (2hr 40min)/12=13.33km/hr