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A swimmer's speed in swimming pool is 6 km/hr. He swims between two points in a river and returns back to the starting point. He took 24 minutes more to cover the distance upstream than downstream. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, then the distance between two points is:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Downstream speed =6+4=10= 6 + 4 = 10 km/hr; upstream =6−4=2= 6 - 4 = 2 km/hr. Let distance =d= d. Time difference: d/2−d/10=24/60=0.4d/2 - d/10 = 24/60 = 0.4 hr. So 4d/10=0.44d/10 = 0.4, giving d=1d = 1 km.

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