Question

a boat cover a distance downstream in 3 hours and it cover the same distance upstream in 5 hours if the speed of the boat in still water is 8 km/h find the speed of the stram​

Answer 1

Answer:

32 km per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

let the speed of the steamer in water be x

3(x+8)=5(x-8)

3x+24=5x-40

3x-5x=-40-24

-2x=-64

x=32 km per hour