A steamer goes downstream and covers the distance between two ports in 6 h. It covers the same distance upstream in 8h. If the speed of the stream is 3 km/h, then the speed of the streamer in still water is:
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III. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current is 7 : 3.
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- 1)
A motor boat whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 36 km upstream and comes back to the starting point in 5 hours. Find the speed of the stream.
- 2)
It takes 5 days for a steamboat to travel from A to B along a river. It takes 7 days to return from B to A. How many days will it take for a raft to drift from A to B (assuming all speeds are constant)?
- 3)
A question is given, followed by three statements labelled I, II and III. Identify which of the statements is/are sufficient to answer the question.
Question:
How much time (in hours) will a boat take to go 25 km downstream?
Statements:
I. The time taken by the boat to go a certain distance downstream is of the time taken by it to go the same distance in still water.
II. The boat takes 6 hours to go 49 km downstream and 14 km upstream.
III. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current is 7 : 3.
- 4)
Rivers A and B with constant water speeds a and b merge at point P to form river C with a constant water speed c.

A boat having speed s in still water would reach point R from Q only ifs is more than.
- 5)
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A man rows at 5km/h in still water. If the river is running at 1km/h, it takes him 75 minutes to row to a place and back. How for is the place?
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Vishal covers 285 km in a boat in 45 hours against the stream and he takes 18 hours with the stream then find the speed of the stream?
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A diver rowing at the speed of 3 km/h in still water takes double the time going 50 km upstream compared to going 50 km downstream. The speed of the diver downstream is:
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