Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Boats and Streams

Question:

The speed of the current is 5 km/hour. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km/hour) of the motorboat in still water is?

Options:

20

26

28

25

Correct Answer:

25

Explanation:

Let the speed of motorboat = U km/hr.

ATQ,     \(\frac{10}{U + 5}\) + \(\frac{10}{U - 5}\) = 50 minutes

Go through option or solve it

U = 25 km/hr, will satisfy the equation.