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A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come 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:

A

0.5 km/hr

B

1 km/hr

C

3.5 km/hr

D

1.8 km/hr

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