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    Feb 7, 2016, 02:10 PM
    distance rate time problem using rational equations
    Rita swam 8


    kilometers against the current in the same amount of time it took her to swim 16


    kilometers with the current. The rate of the current was 1


    kilometer per hour. How fast would Rita swim if there were no current?
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    Feb 7, 2016, 02:46 PM
    WHat do you think it is, and how did you go about finding that. We do not do your assignments so you don't have to... but we will help you once you show us your work.
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