A fisherman can row upstream at 5 mph and downstream at 10 mph. He started rowing upstream until he got tired and then rowed dow

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nstream to How far did the fisherman row if the entire trip took 3 hours? starting point

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stepladder [879] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-16T21:20:53+03:00

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The correct answer would be; <u><em>20 miles</em></u>.

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goblinko [34] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-16T19:01:20+03:00

Answer:

We have been given that the upstream speed is and the down stream speed is .

Let the fisherman traveled a distance of x miles.

The total time of the trip is 6 hours.

Relations between speed (s), time (t) and distance (d) is

Hence,

Time upstream + time downstream = 6

lcm = 10

=>

Cross multiplying,

x = 20 miles .. Answer.

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