SSC Quantitative Aptitude Boats & Streams Question Bank Train and Boat (I)

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    A motor boat can travel at 10 km/h in still water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned to the same place, taking altogether 20 h. Find the rate of flow of river.

    A) 3 km/h

    B) 4 km/h

    C) 2 km/h

    D) 5 km/h

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] Let rate of flow of river be u km/h. Then,\[\frac{91}{10+u}+\frac{91}{10-u}=20\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[\frac{10-u+10+u}{100-{{u}^{2}}}=\frac{20}{91}\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[\frac{20}{100-{{u}^{2}}}=\frac{20}{91}\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[100-{{u}^{2}}=91\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[{{u}^{2}}=9\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[u=3\,km/h\]


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