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Solving of systems: Rowing speeds and current speeds? 
Rowing at 8km/h, in sitll water, Rima and Bhanu take 16 h to row 39 km down a river and 39 km back. Find the Speed of the current to two decimal places. How would i set that up? my teacher taught my class to set up a kind of table but im not to sure how to. Any other methods out there? Also> A River...
- on Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:57 pm
- Forum: Intermediate Algebra
- Topic: Solving of systems: Rowing speeds and current speeds?
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Arithmetic Series: 25 on 1st, 50 on 2nd, 75 on 3rd, etc.
Im taking up advanced functions and relations and this questions (for some reason) has me stumped. I think i got the right answer but the answer in the back of my book is different: Suppose you earn 25 cents on September 1, 50 cents on September 2, 75 cents on September 3, and so on. How much money ...
- on Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:52 am
- Forum: Discrete Math
- Topic: Arithmetic Series: 25 on 1st, 50 on 2nd, 75 on 3rd, etc.
- Replies: 1
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