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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 each in upstream and in downstream is 3 hours, then find the speed of the boat in still water.

A 72

B 22

C 89

D 38

E None of these

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