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Chan rows at a rate of 8 mph in still water. It takes him three hours to row upstream from his house to the park. He rows back home, and it takes him two hours. What is the speed of the current?
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Chan rows at a rate of 8 mph in still water. It takes him three hours to row upstream from his house to the park. He rows back home, and it takes him two hours. What is the speed of the current?

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well in my calculations I got: well if you he increases the speed by 2.6 per hour soo 4+2.6=6.6
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