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The ratio of the speed of a motorboat and that of the current of water is 14 : 8. The boat goes a certain distance along with the current in 3 hours 12 minutes. How much time does it take to come back?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Downstream speed is proportional to 14+8=2214+8 = 22 and upstream to 14−8=614-8 = 6.

For a fixed distance, time varies inversely with speed, so the return time is 3.2×226=176153.2 \times \frac{22}{6} = \frac{176}{15} hours.

That is about 1111 hours 4444 minutes.

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