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A boat covers 24 km upstream & 36 km downstream in 6 hours while covers 36 km upstream & 24 km downstream is 6.5 hours..

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A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream is 13/2 hours. What is the velocity of the current?

posted Jun 24, 2016 by anonymous

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