Boats and Streams

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Boats and Streams: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Boats and Streams, Upstream Journey of Boat, Downstream Journey of Boat, Speed of Boat, Speed of Boat Upstream, Speed of Boat Downstream, Speed of Boat in Still Water, River Crossing in Boats and Streams, etc.

Important Questions on Boats and Streams

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A boat covers a distance of 24 km in down stream in 4 hours while it covers the same distance in upstream in 6 hours. What is the speed of boat in still water?

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If the ratio of the speed of upstream and downstream is 2:3 and the boat takes the time to covers the distance in upstream and downstream in 10 hours. The difference between the speed of boat in Stillwater and stream is 20 kmph. If the speed of the boat is increased by 20%, then find the time taken by the boat covers the same distance in upstream and downstream?

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Total time by the boat covers (x + 12) km upstream and (x + 4) km downstream in 12 hours. Sum of the speed of boat along with stream and against stream is 40 kmph and the ratio of the speed of boat in still water to current is 10:3. If the speed of boat is increased by 25% and the speed of current is decreased by 1 kmph, then find the time taken by the boat to cover the distance of x km upstream?

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The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to stream is 5 : 3. The time taken by boat to travel 120 km along with stream and the boat travels 80 km against stream in 11 hours. Which of the following statement is correct?

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A boat goes _______ km upstream in 8h and 36 km downstream in _________ h, the speed of the stream is 0.5 km/h.

a. 40 km, 6 hb. 52 km, 4.8 hc. 44 km, 5.5 h

Which value is satisfying the above blank?

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A boat whose speed in still water is _______% more than the speed of the current covers 1980 km downstream in _____ hours. The speed of the boat in still water is ______ km/hr.

The values given in which of the following options will fill the blanks in the same order in which is it given to make the statement true:

I. 40%, 165, 7

II. 25%, 110, 10

III. 20%, 36, 30

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Three quantities I, II and II are given and below these quantities two questions are given in which three statements (A), (B) and (C) are given. You will have to determine which of the following three statements are correct and choose your answer accordingly.

Quantity I: What is the speed of boat in km/h still water if it can cover 30 km in upstream in 45 minutes and 15 km in downstream in 15 minutes.

Quantity II: What is the per cent marked up on an article which when sold at 25% discount gives profit per cent of 16.25%.

Quantity III: Difference between interest amount after 2 years, when same principle of 1500 is invested in two different schemes, first offers 20% simple rate of interest and second offers 20% compound rate of interest.

Speed of train of length 'Q' meters is 50% more than the speed of boat in still water and train takes 8.64 seconds to cross a pole.

(A) Q> (Quantity I + Quantity II + Quantity II)

(B) Q< (3 times of Quantity III)

(C) Q= (1.6 times of sum of Quantity I and III)

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Three quantities I, II and II are given and below these quantities two questions are given in which three statements (A), (B) and (C) are given. You will have to determine which of the following three statements are correct and choose your answer accordingly.

Quantity I: What is the speed of boat in km/h still water if it can cover 30 km in upstream in 45 minutes and 15 km in downstream in 15 minutes.

Quantity II: What is the per cent marked up on an article which when sold at 25% discount gives profit per cent of 16.25%.

Quantity III: Difference between interest amount after 2 years, when same principle of 1500 is invested in two different schemes, first offers 20% simple rate of interest and second offers 20% compound rate of interest.

Value of 'P' if speed of a car is 'P' km/h more than the speed of bus and difference between distance travelled by car and bus in 1.5 hours is  90 km?

(A) P>Quantity I

(B) P=Average of all the three quantities

(C) P-10<Average of quantity I and III

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The question consists of three statements numbered I, II and III” given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.

Water is flowing from point B to point A. Find the distance between point A and point B:

Statement I: The speed of the boat in still water is 300% more than the speed of the stream. The boat takes 4 hours 24 minute to reach point A from point B.

Statement II: The speed of the boat upstream is 40% less than the speed of the boat downstream. The boat goes from point A to point B and then returns to point A in 11 hours and 44 minutes.

Statement III: Downstream speed of the boat is 24 km/h more than the upstream speed of the boat.

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On normal days, a boat can cover 42 km upstream and 58 km downstream in 4 hours. On rainy days, the speed of stream is increased by 50% while the speed of the boat in still water is decreased by 20%. On rainy days, the boat can cover 110 km in still water in 5 hour 30 minutes. Which of the following statements can be determined according to the above given data? 

I. Downstream speed of the boat on normal days.

II. Upstream speed of the boat on rainy days. 

III. Time taken by the boat to cover 56 km upstream and 52 km downstream on rainy days. 

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Subhash started from point P in a boat to reach point Q. After 8.7 hours, he covered only 15% of the distance and reach at point R. Now, Subhash started from point R and reached at mid-point of P and Q and came back to R in 35.35 hours. Time taken by Subhash to cover the distance between Q and P when he started from point Q is 13 hours more than time taken by Rajesh to cover a distance of 720 km in upstream and the speed of Rajesh in downstream is 20% more than his speed in still water. Find the speed of stream:
 

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Subhash started from point P in a boat to reach point Q. After 8.7 hours, he covered only 15% of the distance and reach at point R. Now, Subhash started from point R and reached at mid-point of P and Q and came back to R in 35.35 hours. Time taken by Subhash to cover the distance between Q and P when he started from point Q is 13 hours more than time taken by Rajesh to cover a distance of 720 km in upstream and the speed of Rajesh in downstream is 20% more than his speed in still water. 

In what time Subhash can cover the distance between Q and P if he started from point Q? 

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A powerboat travels from point P to Q, a distance of 72 km. From A, it travels 24 km downstream in 30 minutes and therefore the rest 16 km upstream to achieve the point Q. If the downstream speed is triple the upstream speed, what's the common speed of the powerboat for the journey from P to Q.

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A man can row 20 km upstream in 4 hours If the speed of the man in still water is 9 km/hr, find how much time he is required to cross point Q which is 52 km apart from the starting point in the direction of the stream?

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If the ratio of the speed of the boat downstream and also the speed of the stream is 7:1, the speed of the stream is 3 km/hr. What would be the space travelled upstream by boat in 4 hours.

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A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a definite distance, whereas it takes 4 hours to cover an identical distance running downstream. what's the magnitude relation between the speed of the boat and the speed of the water respectively?

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Motorboats travel at a velocity of 39 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 12 km/hr, find the time taken by the motorboat to go 408 km downstream.

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How long can it go to row 90 km upstream if one will row 5 km in 10 minutes in still water and also the same distance in 8 minutes with the stream?

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The ratio between the speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the stream is 6:7. If 91 km is travelled downstream in 2 hours then, find the difference between the speed of the boat in still water and speed of the stream?

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The ratio of the speed of the motorboat in still water to the speed of the stream is 11:3. A motorboat goes 98 km in 30 minutes downstream, find the time taken by motorboat to cover the distance 980 km upstream.