Question: Jennifer considers a hypothetical question, and asks the group, What if I launch the boat from the island's left end with the river current 1.5

Jennifer considers a hypothetical question, and asks the group, "What if I launch the boat from the island's left end with the river current 1.5 m/s, and row at 3.0 m/s all the way to the right end, 100 m? Then I'd turn the boat around and launch it from the right end of the island and travel back to the starting point rowing with the same speed. What do you think my average speed would be?

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