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A boat can travel 270 km downstream in 9 hours and 63 km upstream in 14 hours. Find the speed of the current.
On solving: 2x=34.5⇒x=17.25 km/hr Substitute back to find 'y': 30−17.25=y=12.75 km/hr Speed of the current = 12.75 km/hrMore Boats and streams Questions
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