Let the speed of a boat in still water be km/hr and the speed of the water current in a river be km/hr. If a man rows distance down stream and same distance upstream, then average speed of total journey is
Let the speed of a boat in still water be km/hr and the speed of the water current in a river be km/hr. If a man rows distance down stream and same distance upstream, then average speed of total journey is
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
Average speed is total distance divided by total time:
.
The denominator simplifies to .
Hence the average speed is , the harmonic mean of the two speeds.
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