A Boat takes total 10 hours for traveling downstream from point A to p...
Answer – 3. 72 Km Explanation : 10 = D/12 + D/18
D = 72
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A Boat takes total 10 hours for traveling downstream from point A to p...
Given ratio of distance = 2:1,
let the distance between A and C =2X km and B To C = X km respectively.
total dis. travelled A to B= 3X km
downstream speed =(9+3)=12 km/hr.
upstream Speed =(9-3)= 6km/hr;
so, time taken to travel from A to B= 3X/12 hrs. similarly between B to C =X/6 hrs.
Total time taken =(3X/12+X/6)= 5X/12 hrs.
equating 5X/12= 10, we get X=24 kms.
so, the distance between A to B= 3X=(3*24)= 72 kms.
op(c)
A Boat takes total 10 hours for traveling downstream from point A to p...
Given:
- Speed of the boat in still water = 9 km/hr
- Rate of stream = 3 km/hr
- Time taken to travel downstream from A to B and back from C to A = 10 hours
- Ratio of distance between A and C to distance between B and C = 2:1
To find:
- Distance between A and B
Approach:
- Let the distance between A and C be 2x
- Let the distance between B and C be x
- Using the formula distance = speed x time, calculate the time taken to travel from A to C and from C to A
- Using the formula speed of boat in still water = (speed downstream + speed upstream)/2 and the given rate of stream, calculate the speed downstream and speed upstream
- Using the formula distance = speed x time, calculate the distance between A and B
Solution:
Time taken to travel from A to C:
- Speed downstream = speed of boat in still water + rate of stream = 9 + 3 = 12 km/hr
- Time taken to travel from A to C = distance/speed downstream = 2x/12
Time taken to travel from C to A:
- Speed upstream = speed of boat in still water - rate of stream = 9 - 3 = 6 km/hr
- Time taken to travel from C to A = distance/speed upstream = x/6
Total time taken:
- Total time taken = time taken to travel from A to C + time taken to travel from C to A
- 10 = (2x/12) + (x/6)
- Solving for x, we get x = 24
Distance between A and B:
- Distance between A and C = 2x = 48
- Distance between B and C = x = 24
- Ratio of distance between A to C and distance between B to C = 2:1
- Therefore, distance between A and B = distance between A and C + distance between B and C = 48 + 24 = 72 km
Therefore, the distance between A and B is 72 km, which is option (c).