Posted by Teresa on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 10:16pm.
speed of boat in still water --- x mph
time upstream = 10/(x-1)
time downstream = 10/(x+1)
isn't the total time 16/3 hours ?
I am sure you can take it from here.
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