Question
A boat can cover 200 km in upstream in 10 hours and 220
km in downstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of the stream.Solution
Downstream speed = 220/4 = 55 km/hr Upstream speed = 200/10 = 20 km/hr Speed of stream = (55 – 20)/2 = 17.5 km/hr
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