Boats and Streams

Author:Shyam Saraf & Abhilasha Swarup
Bihar Cooperative Bank Assistant Manager Prelims
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The speed of a boat along the stream is 12 kmph and against the stream is 6 kmph. What is the speed of the boat in still water (in kmph)?

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The speed of a boat in still water is 20 kmph and the rate of flow of the river is 4 kmph. Moving along with the stream, a boat went 120 km. What distance will the boat cover in half the previous time going against the stream?

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At his usual rowing rate, Anil can travel 6 km downstream in a certain stream in 3 hours less time than it takes him to travel the same distance upstream. If he doubles his rowing rate, then he would take only 12 hour more for the upstream 6 km than for the downstream 6 km. What is the speed of the stream?

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If a boat goes 12 km km along the stream in an hour and 5 km km against the stream in the same time, then find the speed of the boat in still water.

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Sita can swim 9 km upstream and 20 km downstream in 8 Hours. Also, she can swim 12 km upstream and 8 km downstream in 6 Hours. Find the downstream speed.

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Ram can swim at the speed of 6 kmph in still water. If the speed of the current is 2.4 kmph, it takes 3 h 20 min to cover the distance from A to B and B to A. Find the distance between points A and B.

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Swimita can row 12 kmph in still water. It takes her five times as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the speed of current.

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Raman takes 2 h 30 min to row a boat 12 km downstream of a river and 1 h 45 min to cover a distance of 6 km upstream. Find the speed of the river current.

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In a stream running at 5 kmph, a man goes 10 km upstream and comes back to the starting point in 50 minutes. Find the speed of the man in still water.

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A boat covers a distance of 20 km Upstream in 5 hours, and it covers a distance of 60 km Downstream in 6 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water?