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The speed of a motorboat is 30 km/h. It starts from Mumbai at 6 am and reaches Goa at 8 am. Same day, it starts from Goa at 12 pm and reaches Mumbai at 4 pm. Find the the speed of stream.
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- 8.5 km/h
- 12 km/h
- 10 km/h
- 11.5 km/h
Correct Option: C
Clearly, motorboat takes 2 h go from Mumbai to Goa and 4 h to go from Goa to Mumbai. i.e.,
Time taken to row upstream = 2 x Time taken to row downstream
∴ n = 2
Let the speed of stream be V km/h.
According to the formula,
Speed of boat = V(n + 1)/(n - 1)
⇒ 30 = V(2 + 1)/(2 - 1)
∴ V = 30/3 = 10 km/h
