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Find the most important variable in the problem.


A rower of a canoe can row at a rate of 5 miles per hour in calm water. With
the current, she can row 14 miles in the same time it takes her to row 6 miles
against the current. What is the rate of the current?

A. the rowing rate in calm water

B. the rate of the current

c. the time it takes to row upstream

User Otezz
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Answer: B

Step-by-step explanation: I just did the quiz

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

The only reason she can go faster is because of the rate of the current.

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