Question

A motorboat goes down stream in a river and covers the distance between two coastal towns in five hours. It covers this distance upstream in six hours. if the speed of the streams is 2km/hour. find the speed of the boat in still water answer​

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is 2kmph

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

22 km/h

Explanation:

Let the speed of the boat be x

x+ 2 is downstream

x-2 is upstream

Speed = distance/time

Distance = speed ×time

As the distance for upstream and downstream are same we can say that :

6(x-2)=5(x+2)

6x -12 = 5x + 10

6x-5x = 10+ 12

x = 22