A Nile cruise ship takes 20.8 h to go upstream from Luxor to Aswan, a distance of

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A Nile cruise ship takes 20.8 h to go upstream from Luxor to Aswan, a distance of 208 km, and 19.2 h to make the return trip downstream. Assuming the ship's speed relative to the water is the same in both cases, calculate the speed of the current in the Nile.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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