Word problems .......?

Question

Tom was floating down the river on a raft when, 2 km lower down, Michael took to the water in a rowing boat. Michael rowed downstream at his fastest pace. Then he turned around and rowed back, arriving at his starting point just as Tom drifted by. If Michael's rowing speed in still water is ten times the speed of the current in the river, what distance had Michael covered before he turned his boat around?

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Answer 1

10km

Tom is floating at the pace of the river. In the time it takes Tom to go 2km, Michael has traveled down and back. If Michael is traveling at ten times the speed of the river, that means he traveled 20km in total, down and back. So he had traveled 10km when he turned the boat around.

Answer 2

How can Tom float in the water?

The best answer to that question is 2km because that's the only # in the question :)

Answer 3

Did he have a GPS on it. That would have worked out how far he got?