document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1110187>Question 1110187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Time taken by a boat in covering a distance upstream is 1.5times to that of covering the same distance downstream.What will be the ratio between speed of the boat in still water and that of stream </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For the same distance, the ratio of times is 1.5:1, or 3:2; that means the ratio of speeds is 2:3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If b is the boat's speed and c is the speed of the current, then the upstream speed is b-c and the downstream speed is b+c.  So<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the boat's speed to the speed of the current is 5:1. </SPAN>\n" );
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