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A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is : `1\ k m//h r` b. `1. 8\ k m//h r` c. `1. 5\ k m//h r` d. `3. 5\ k m//h r`

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