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  • Question
  • A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1½ hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?


  • Options
  • A. 12 kmph
  • B. 13 kmph
  • C. 14 kmph
  • D. 15 kmph
  • E. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • 15 kmph 

    Explanation
    Let the speed of the boat in still water be x kmph. Then,

    Speed downstream = (x + 3) kmph,

    Speed upstream = (x - 3) kmph.

    ∴ (x + 3) x 1 = (x - 3) x 3
    2

    ⟹ 2x + 6 = 3x - 9

    x = 15 kmph.


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