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Old 10-16-2007, 12:32 AM
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Default Is this word problem solvable?
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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?

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Having trouble coming up with this solution. Any help would be appreciated.
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