 Find the circumference of each wheel. 60. A person rows from Cambridge to Ely (a distance of 20 miles) and back again in 10 hours, and finds he can row 2 miles against the stream in the same time that he rows 3 miles with it. Find the rate of the stream,...  A Treatise on Elementary Algebra - Page 273by James Hamblin Smith - 1869Full view - About this book
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...in 10 hours, the stream flowing uniformly in the same direction the whole time ; and he finds that he can row 2 miles against the stream in the same...miles with it. Find the rate of the stream, and the times of his going and returning. Answer, The rate of the stream is f miles per hour, and the times... | |
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...in 10 hours, the stream flowing uniformly in the same direction the whole time ; and he finds that he can row 2 miles against the stream in the same...miles with it : find the rate of the stream, and the times of his going and returning. Ans. The rate of the stream is | miles per hour, and the times 4... | |
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 | James Bryce - 1861 - 376 pages
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 | James Wharton - 1864 - 180 pages
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