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Ravi row to a place 45km distant and back in 20 hours. He finds that he can row 12km with stream in the same time as 4km against the stream ,then the speed of the stream is:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Equal times give 12b+s=4b−s\dfrac{12}{b+s} = \dfrac{4}{b-s}, so 12(b−s)=4(b+s)12(b-s) = 4(b+s), giving b=2sb = 2s.

Then 453s+45s=20\dfrac{45}{3s}+\dfrac{45}{s} = 20, i.e. 15s+45s=20\dfrac{15}{s}+\dfrac{45}{s} = 20.

So 60s=20\dfrac{60}{s} = 20, giving s=3s = 3 km/hr.

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