Question

Grade 11 Rowing at 5 times the speed of the current,Jacob's

Answer 1

if 24 and 16 mean distances,then,

let x=current speed,so,rowing speed=5x

because it takes the same time when up and down,we have:

24/(x+5x)=16/(5x-x) => 4/x=4/x

so,x can be any number,we get infinite results.