Question

a boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boatand speed of the water current respectively

Answer 1

Let the man's rate upstream be x kmph and that downstream be y kmph.

Then, distance covered upstream in 8 hrs 48 min = Distance covered downstream in 4 hrs.

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