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Old 10-16-2007, 12:44 AM
dazraf69 dazraf69 is offline
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Default Re: October [censored] thread

A canoeist is traveling upstream. 2 miles later he comes across a log going the opposite way.He travels for another 1 hour then turns around. He gets to his starting point the same time the log does. What is the speed of the stream?


This word problem has me stumped. Any ideas?