A person, who can walk down a hill a the...

A person, who can walk down a hill a the speed of `4 (1)/(2)` km/hr and up the hill at the rate of 3 km/hr, ascends and comes down to his starting point in 5 hours. How far did he ascent ?

13.5 km

3km

15km

9km

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