Book Maths Puzzle Algebra

One mile upstream from his starting point, a rower passed a log floating with the current. After rowing upstream for one more hour, he rowed back and reached his starting point just as the log arrived. How fast was the current flowing??

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A party of students rented a motor boat, Bee, and shared the cost equally. If the number of students had been 5 less, they could have used a smaller boat costing only half as much as Bee and the expense to each would have been 50 cents less. If there had been 10 more students in the party, they would have required a larger boat costing 20 per cent more than Bee, but the expense to each would have been 30 cents less. How many students were there in the party? A group of men did a job in 30 min. another group of men did it in 20 min. IF both groups worked together how long will it take to finish the job?