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Yakvenalex [24]
3 years ago
6

Why did it take just six weeks for a keelboat to float down the Mississippi to New Orleans but four months to make the return tr

ip?
History
2 answers:
sineoko [7]3 years ago
6 0
The return trip was upstream, which was against the flow of the river.
Anarel [89]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

the return trip was upstream => against the flow of the river.

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