Boats and Streams


  1. Ramesh can row a certain distance downstream is 6 hours and return the same distance in 9 hours. If the speed of Ram, Ramesh in still water is 12 km/hr, find the speed of the stream.









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    ∵ [(9 + 6)/(9 - 6)] x v = 12

    Correct Option: A

    ∵ [(9 + 6)/(9 - 6)] x v = 12
    ∴ v = 2.4 km/hr


  1. A boat has to travel upstream 20 km distance from point X of a river to points Y. The total time taken by boat in travelling from point X to Y and Y to X is 41 min 40 s. What is the speed of the boat ?









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    Let x be the speed of the boat and y be the speed of the current.
    Speed upstream = (x - y) km/h
    Speed downstream = (x + y) km/h

    Correct Option: D

    Let x be the speed of the boat and y be the speed of the current.
    Speed upstream = (x - y) km/h
    Speed downstream = (x + y) km/h
    According to the question,
    20 /(x - y) + 20/(x + y) = 25/36
    In this equation, there are two variables but only one equation. So, the value of x cannot be determined.



  1. A motorboat can travel at 10 km/h in still water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned to the same place, talking altogether 20 h. The rate of flow of river is ?









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    Given, speed of boat = 10 km/h
    Let speed of flow of river = x km/h
    ∴ Upstream speed of boat = (10 - x) km/h
    and downstream speed of boat = = (10 + x) km/h

    According to question.
    91/(10 - x) + 91/(10 + x) = 20

    Correct Option: A

    Given, speed of boat = 10 km/h
    Let speed of flow of river = x km/h
    ∴ Upstream speed of boat = (10 - x) km/h
    and downstream speed of boat = = (10 + x) km/h

    According to question.
    91/(10 - x) + 91/(10 + x) = 20
    ⇒ 91(10 + x + 10 - x) / (10 - x) (10 + x) = 20
    ⇒ 91(20) / 100 - x2 = 20
    ⇒ 91 = 100 - x2
    ⇒ x2 = 9
    ∴ x = 3


  1. A boat takes 3 hours to travel from place M to N downstream and back from N to M upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 4 km, what is the distance between the two places ?









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    Let the distance between M and N and the speed of current be d km and x km/hr respectively.
    According to the question = {d/(4 + x) + d/(4 - x)} = 3

    Correct Option: D

    Let the distance between M and N and the speed of current be d km and x km/hr respectively.
    According to the question = {d/(4 + x) + d/(4 - x)} = 3

    In the above equation we have only one equations but two variables. Hence cannot be determined (Data inadequate).



  1. Speed of a boat in standing water is 6 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/hr. A man rows to a place at a distance of 22.5 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him, is ?









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    Speed upstream = (6 - 1.5) km/hr = 4.5 km/hr
    Speed downstream = (6 + 1.5) km/hr = 7.5 km/hr

    Correct Option: C

    Speed upstream = (6 - 1.5) km/hr = 4.5 km/hr
    Speed downstream = (6 + 1.5) km/hr = 7.5 km/hr
    Total time taken = (22.5/4.5 + 22.5/7.5) hrs
    = (5 + 3) hrs.
    = 8 hrs.