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BOATS AND STREAMS
QUESTION
A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9km/hr and the speed of the current is 3km/hr, find the distance between A and B?
GIVEN:
Speed of boat in still water, a = 9km/hr
Speed of stream, b = 3km/hr
Time taken to travel from A to B and B to A, T = 3 hours
SOLUTION:
NORMAL METHOD:
Speed Downstream = (a + b) km/hr
= (9+3) = 12 km/hr
Speed Upstream = (a – b) km/hr
= (9 – 3) = 6 km/hr
Let the distance travelled, D = X km
Then, [X/speed downstream] + [X/speed upstream] = Time taken to travel
[X/12] + [X/6] = 3
[X + 2X] / 12 = 3
X + 2X = 36
3X = 36
X = 36/3 = 12
Therefore Distance travelled, D = X = 12km
ALTERNATE METHOD:
Distance = [Time × (a2 – b2)] / 2a
Where, a = speed of boat in still water
b = speed of stream
D = [3 × (92 – 32)] / (2 × 9)
D = [3 × (81 – 9)] / 18
D = [3 × 72] /18 = 3×4
Therefore D = 12 km
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