A man rows 12 km in 5 hours against the stream and the speed of current being 4 kmph. What time will be taken by him to row 15 km with the stream?

Solution (By Examveda Team)

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{According to question,}} \cr & {\text{Speed of current }}y = {\text{ }}4{\text{ }}km/h \cr & {\text{Distance = }}12{\text{ }}km \cr & {\text{Speed in upstream }} \cr & {\text{ = }}\left( {x - y} \right)km/hr. \cr & {\text{Here }}x{\text{ is speed of boat in still water}} \cr & \,{\text{ = }}\frac{{{\text{Distance}}}}{{{\text{Time}}}} \cr & x - 4 = \frac{{12}}{5} \cr & 5x - 20 = 12 \cr & 5x = 32 \cr & x = 6.4\,km/hr \cr & {\text{Speed in downstream }} \cr & {\text{ = }}\left( {x + y} \right) = 6.4 + 4 \cr & = 10.4\,km/h \cr & \therefore {\text{Time = }}\frac{{{\text{Distance}}}}{{{\text{Speed }}}} \cr & {\text{Time = }}\frac{{15}}{{10.4}} = \frac{{150}}{{104}} \cr & = 1\,{\text{hour}}\,\,26\frac{7}{{13}}\,\,{\text{minutes}} \cr} $$