It took a crew 80 minutes to row 3km upstream and back again. If the rate of flow of the stream was 3km/h, what was the rowing rate of the crew?
1 Answer
Explanation:
It is important to keep the units all the same.
As unit time for velocities is in hours:
Total time = 80 minutes
Given that distance 1 way is 3Km
Let rowing velocity be
Let time to row against current be
Let time to row with current be
Thus
Known: distance is velocity x time
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Thus
For 'with current'
For against current
But
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Consider that
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Compare to
The negative solution is not logical so
Rowing speed is: