SOLUTION: A rowing team rows at 8km/h in resting water. It takes 16 hours to row 39 kilometres down river and 39 kilometres return. Find the speed of the current. Find how long it takes to r

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Question 982997: A rowing team rows at 8km/h in resting water. It takes 16 hours to row 39 kilometres down river and 39 kilometres return. Find the speed of the current. Find how long it takes to row against the current.
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Let represent the speed of the current. The net speed downstream is then and the net speed upstream is . Let represent the time it takes to row upstream, then is the time it takes to row downstream. Since distance equals rate times time:



and



Solve the 2X2 system for and

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it