On a calm day, a ferryboat can cross a 1 km channel between cities X and Y in 10 minutes. Today there is a 4 km/h current in the channel. How(long does it take to get from city X to Y?

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On a calm day, a ferryboat can cross a 1 km channel
between cities X and Y in 10 minutes. Today there is a
4 km/h current in the channel. How(long does it take
to get from city X to Y?
Transcribed Image Text:On a calm day, a ferryboat can cross a 1 km channel between cities X and Y in 10 minutes. Today there is a 4 km/h current in the channel. How(long does it take to get from city X to Y?
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