Question
The speed of a boat while
traveling upstream is 6 km/hr. If the boat takes a total of 56 hours to travel 264 km downstream and the same distance upstream, what is the speed of the boat in still water?Solution
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Let the speed of the boat in still water be ‘b’ km/hr Therefore, speed of current = (b – 6) km/hr According to the question, {264/(2b – 6)} + 264/6 = 56 Or, 2b – 6 = 264/12 Or, b = 14
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