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Here, the word ‘illicit’ is incorrect. It means ‘illegal or disapproved of by society’. The correct word is ‘elicit’, which means ‘to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction’. Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favourable press for his clients.
A man can row upstream at 18 km/hr and downstream at 24 km/hr. Find the man’s rate in still water and the rate of the current.
...A boat takes half the time to move a certain distance downstream than upstream. the ratio of the boat's speed in still water and that of the current is.
A boy can swim a certain distance downstream in 4 hours and return in 7 hours. If the rate of stream is 6 kmph then what is the speed of boy in still wa...
A man can row 32 km/hr in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of the current.
A boat has a speed of 52 km/h in still water. It takes 8 hours to travel from point B to point A downstream. The total distance between the two points ...
Two boats X and Y start towards each other from two places, 119 km apart. Speed of the boat X and Y in still water are 7 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively...
The ratio of the speed of a boat in still water to its speed in downstream is 6:8. If the difference between the time taken by the boat to travel 288 km...
A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and...
A boatman covers 192 km upstream in 4 hours and 288 km downstream in 4 hours. Find the time taken by the boatman to cover 240 km in still water.