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A man rows 8 km upstream in 4 hours and 16 km downstream in 4 hours . What is the speed of the current?

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✅ Correct Option: 1

Upstream speed is 84=2\frac{8}{4}=2 km/hr and downstream speed is 164=4\frac{16}{4}=4 km/hr.

The current is half the difference: 4−22=1\frac{4-2}{2}=1 km/hr.

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