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From the same jetty, boat P (14 km/h in still water) heads upstream and boat Q (10 km/h in still…Two launches leave the same ghat together and both go downstream. Their still-water speeds are 14…Four boats are tested on the same river. Using the table, which boat has the highest speed in…The boat in the figure goes from A to B, halts at B for 1 hour, and returns to A. What is the…A motorboat with a still-water speed of 20 km/h goes 72 km upstream and then 72 km back. The…A boat's downstream speed is 25% more than its upstream speed. If its speed in still water is 9…A houseboat in the Kerala backwaters has a still-water speed of 30 km/h. It goes 40 km downstream…A man rows to a place 45 km away and back in 8 hours. He finds he can row 5 km with the stream in…Two jetties A and B are 90 km apart on a river flowing from A to B at 3 km/h. Boat P (12 km/h in…A boat with still-water speed 10 km/h goes upstream and back down to its start. Its average speed…Mohan rows at 9 km/h in still water, and the river flows at 1.5 km/h. He rows to a temple on the…A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. It also goes 40 km upstream and 55 km…Rowing upstream, Vikram drops his cap into the river. He notices only 15 minutes later, turns…Going 24 km upstream and 28 km downstream takes a boat 6 hours; going 30 km upstream and 21 km…A motorboat's speed in still water is 16 km/h and the Ganga flows at 4 km/h near Varanasi. What is…A ferry on the Brahmaputra moves at 30 km/h with the current and 20 km/h against it. How fast does…Given a downstream speed of 32 km/h and a stream speed of 5 km/h, what is the boat's upstream speed?Speed of a boat in still water: 8 km/h. Speed of the current: 2 km/h. Find the time taken to row…Tenzing paddles his kayak upstream at 5 km/h on a river flowing at 2 km/h. What would his speed be…A boat's downstream speed is 40 km/h and its upstream speed is 28 km/h. What is the sum of its…A floating coconut is carried 600 m by the stream in 10 minutes. What is the speed of the stream…Upstream speed 10 km/h; downstream speed 16 km/h. How long does the boat need to go 48 km…Which pair could be the downstream and upstream speeds of a boat whose speed in still water is 10…A river flows at 3 km/h and a small boat moves at 3 km/h in still water. What happens when the…If a boat's speed in still water is 6 km/h and the river's speed is 2 km/h, by how much is its…
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