# Solution - Algebraic Methods of Solving a Pair of Linear Equations - Cross - Multiplication Method

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A motorboat whose speed in still water is 18 km/h, takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the
stream.

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