Jason has a boat with a motor that drives it at 4.5 km/h in still water. He starts motoring downstream in a river at 9:00 a.m. The current in the river moves at 2.5 km/h. At 9:30 a.m., one of the lifejackets fell overboard and started drifting downstream on its own. At 10:00 a.m., Jason noticed that the lifejacket was missing and saw the missing lifejacket. He turned the boat and motored upstream. At what time did he recover the lifejacket? Explain your reasoning. (T-2, A-2, C-1)

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3. Jason has a boat with a motor that drives it at 4.5 km/h in still water. He starts motoring downstream in a river at 9:00 a.m. The current in the river moves at 2.5 km/h. At 9:30 a.m., one of the lifejackets fell overboard and started drifting downstream on its own. At 10:00 a.m., Jason noticed that the lifejacket was missing and saw the missing lifejacket. He turned the boat and motored upstream. At what time did he recover the lifejacket? Explain your reasoning. (T-2, A-2, C-1)

 

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