Subject

    Bank Exam

    Topic

    Agrani Bank 2013 Senior Officer

    A certain river has a current of 3 miles per hour. A boat takes twice as long to travel upstream between two points as it does to travel downstream between the same two points. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

    ক)
    3 miles/hr
    খ)
    6 miles/hr
    গ)
    9 miles/hr
    ঘ)
    12 miles/hr

    Explanation

    Let Boat speed = x mph current = 3 mph against current speed = x-3 with current speed = x+3 let y be the distance . downstream t= y/(x+3)............(1) upstream 2t = y/(x-3)..............(2) multiply (1) by (2) , 2t=2y/(x+3) Therefore y/(x-3)=2y/(x+3) 1/(x-3)=2/(x+3) 2(x-3)=x+3 2x-6=x+3 2x-x=6+3 x=9 mph speed of b

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