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What is the time taken (in hours) to row a distance of 90 km down the stream?

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A man can row a boat at 25/9 meters per second in still water and the speed of the stream is 8 kmph.
What is the time taken (in hours) to row a distance of 90 km down the stream?

posted Mar 11, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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(25/9) m/s = (25/9)*(18/5) kmph = 10 kmph.
Boat speed down stream = 8 + 10 = 18 kmph
Time taken for the travel = 90/18 hours = 5 hours.

answer Mar 12, 2020 by Tejas Naik



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