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81.

A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is:

Answer: B

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82.

A boat with speed 15 km/hr in standing water goes 30 km downstream and returns in a total of 4.5 hours. What is the speed of current?

Answer: C

Speed of the boat in still water: 15 km/hr

Speed of boat downstream: (15+x)km/hr where x is speed of the current.

The boat travels 30 km downstream and then 30 km upstream and takes 9/2 hours.

Total time= Time taken to travel downstream + Time taken to travel upstream

=> 4/5= (30/(15+x))+(30/(15-x))

=>x= 5

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83.

If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes and the speed of the stream is 3 kmph, then the speed of the boat in still water is

Answer: B

Rate upstream = (7/42) × 60 kmh = 10 kmph.

Speed of stream = 3 kmph.

Let speed in sttil water is x km/hr

Then, speed upstream = (x —3) km/hr.

,p>x-3 = 10 or x = 13 kmph

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84.

A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the speed of the current?

Answer: B

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85.

A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the ratio between the rate in still water and rate of current?

Answer: B

Let the speed of the boat in still water be 4 km/hr and speed of the current be u km/hr. 

 

Rate downstream = (u + v) km/hr. 

 

Rate upstream = (u- v)km/hr 

 

Let the distance covered in each case be x km. 

 

Then 2x/(u + v) = x / (u - v) 

 

=> 2 (u - v) = ( u + v)

 

=> u =3v 

 

=> u/v =3/1

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86.

3 towns P, Q and R are located at the bank of a stream. Distance of Q from P and R is same. Jeet rows from P to Q and Q to P in total 10 hours. Jeet also requires 4 hours to row from P to R. If the stream flows at a consistent rate what will be the ratio of Jeet’s speed in still water and speed of stream?

Answer: B

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87.

What is speed of Ram in still water and speed of river, if Ram covers 20 km in 1 hour swimming downstream and covers the same distance in 2 h swimming upstream?

Answer: D

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88.

Simran takes twice as long to swim up as to swim down the river and has a speed of 12 km/hr in still water. What is river’s speed?

Answer: D

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89.

If a boat is rowed downstream for 50 km in 5 hours and upstream for 24 km in 6 hours, what is the speed of the boat and the river?

Answer: A

If x: speed of boats man in still water
y: speed of the river
Downstream speed (Ds) = x + y
Upstream speed (Us) = x – y
x = (Ds + Us) / 2
y = (Ds – Us) / 2
In the above problem Ds = 10 ; Us = 4
x = (10 + 4) / 2 = 14/2 = 7 km/hr
y = (10 - 4)/2 = 6/2 = 3 km/hr

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90.

A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water, if the river is running at 1 km/hr it takes him 75 minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?

Answer: B

Speed downstream = (5+1)km/hr = 6 km/hr 

 

Speed upstream = (5-1)km/hr = 4 km/hr 

 

Let the required distance be x km. 

 

Then x/6 + x/4 = 75/60 = 5/4 => (2x + 3x) =15 => x =3. 

 

Required distance = 3 km

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