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A motorboat can travel 10 km against the stream in 30 minutes and returns back at the same point in 10 minutes. The speed of the stream is,

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✅ Correct Option: 1

Upstream: 10 km in 30 minutes gives 20 km/hr. Downstream: 10 km in 10 minutes gives 60 km/hr. The stream speed is half the difference: 60−202=20\frac{60-20}{2}=20 km/hr.

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