The rate of the water flowing in the channel was 2 miles per hour, the rate Evelyn and Meredith were paddling is mathematically given as
v+ = 2.29 1mile/hour
<h3>What is the rate Evelyn and Meredith were paddling?</h3>Generally, the equation for the up and downstream motion is mathematically given as
vup=v-2
vdown=v+2
Therefore, Statement interpretation
2/3=40*1/60
3+2/3hr=11/3
Where, tup+tdown=11/3
tup+tdown=11/3
1/Vup+1/vdown=11/3
Considering the LCD equation
3(v-2)(V+2)
Hence
11v^2-6v-44=0
Resolving using the equation we have
v+ = 2.29 1mile/hour
v- = -1.745 mile hour
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