📢 Too many exams? Don’t know which one suits you best? Book Your Free Expert 👉 call Now!


    Question

    A Motarboat running upstream takes 6 hours and 45

    minutes to cover a distance, while it takes 3 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. Determine the ratio of speed of the Motarboat to speed of water current? 
    A 12/5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 13/5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 17/5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 11/5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ATQ, Let, the speed of the Motarboat be‘a’ km/h and speed of the current be‘b’ km/h 6 hour 45 minutes = 27/4 hours According to the question, (a + b) × 3 = (a – b) × 27/4 4a + 4b = 9a – 9b 4b + 9b = 9a – 4a 13b = 5a a/b = 13/5

    Practice Next

    Relevant for Exams:

    ask-question