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Posted by Taylor on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 4:40pm.

Traveling upstream on the Mississippi River, a barge travels 56 mi in 7h. Downstream, it travels the same distance in 4h. Find the rate of the barge in still water and the rate of the current.

Math - Writeacher, Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 4:48pm
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