Cramya PS Speed/Distance/Time stream

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Cramya PS Speed/Distance/Time stream

by cramya » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:38 am
A swimmer practiced in a still water inlet a river made in its bank, and achieved a speed of 4 km/h. When she was swimming upstream in the river, however, she could only make 3 km/h. One day the swimmer swam into the river from the inlet, then doubled the covered distance going downstream, and finally came back. She averaged 3.8 km/h that day. What was her downstream speed?

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OA : 5
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by mental » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:53 am
still water speed = 4
upstream speed = 3
river current = 4-3=1
downstream speed = 4 + 1 = 5

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by cramya » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:54 am
Mental,
Good approach! Thats the quickest....

Well done.

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by logitech » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:06 am
Fastest solution of the GMAT history :)
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