Question

A person can row a distance of 1 km upstream in 10 minutes and downstream in 4

minutes. what is the speed of the stream?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

LET THE SPEED OF THE STREAM BE X M/S

UPSTREAM MEANS AGAINST AND DOWNSTREAM MEANS WITH THE FLOW OF WATER.

DISTANCE UPSTREAM = 1KM = 1000M

TIME TAKEN UPSTREAM = 10 MIN = 600 SEC

THUS SPEED UPSTREAM = 1000/600 M/SEC

= 5/3 M/SEC

THUS SPEED OF ROWER = 5/3-X