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  1. 08-09-2010, 14:54 #1
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    At the end of the interview for my current job... (programmer) I was asked to solve "the river" math problem...
    And provide the answer to the relative effect of the motion.

    If you've never heard of it...
    Rowing upstream, a man dropped a hat into the river. Ten minutes
    later, he reversed direction, rowed downstream, and retrieved the
    hat 1 km downstream from where he had dropped it. If the river
    flows at a constant rate, and Pat rows at a constant rate (relative to
    the river), what is the river’s rate, in km/hr?
    But - I did get it right... took 2 minutes...
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    What the hell is km? lol
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    lol So what was the answer to the river question? And how did you do it? I always like algebra but I haven't got to use it yet to save my life. Like Tom Hanks did in Castaway.
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