Question

a motorboat whose speed is 18 kilometre per hour in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot find the speed of the stream

Answer 1

Here you go your answer is in NCERT maths text book example 15-pgno.87
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Answer 2

Answer:

Let the speed of stream be x km / hr

For upstream = ( 18 - x ) km / hr

For downstream = ( 18 + x ) km / hr

A.T.Q.

24 / 18 - x - 24 / 18 + x = 1

48 x = 324 - x²

x² + 48 x - 324 = 0

( x + 54 ) ( x - 6 ) = 0

x = - 54 or x = 6

Since speed can't be negative .

Therefore , speed of the stream is 6 km / hr .