Question
A boat can cover 80 km in upstream in 8 hours and 50 km
in downstream in 2 hours. Find the speed of the stream.Solution
Downstream speed = 50/2 = 25 km/hr Upstream speed = 80/8 = 10 km/hr Speed of stream = (25 – 10)/2 = 7.5 km/hr
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