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A man can row a boat in still water at the rate of 4 km/hr. He finds that it takes him twice as long to row upstream of a river as to row downstream of the same river, then the speed of the current of the river is

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

For the same distance, twice the time upstream means the downstream speed is twice the upstream speed.

If cc is the current, 4+c=2(4−c)⇒3c=4⇒c=434+c = 2(4-c) \Rightarrow 3c = 4 \Rightarrow c = \frac{4}{3} km/hr.

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