SOLUTION: a man swimming in a river finds that it takes him thrice the time to swim 2km upstream as it takes him to swim back.if the river flows at the rate of 1.5 km/hr find the swimming sp
Question 313348: a man swimming in a river finds that it takes him thrice the time to swim 2km upstream as it takes him to swim back.if the river flows at the rate of 1.5 km/hr find the swimming speed of the man in still water Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a man swimming in a river finds that it takes him thrice the time to swim 2km upstream as it takes him to swim back.if the river flows at the rate of 1.5 km/hr find the swimming speed of the man in still water
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let the speed in still water be x km/hr.
upstream the speed will be x-1.5
distance = 2km
time taken upstream = 2/(x-1.5)
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downstream speed = x+1.5
distance = 2km
time taken = 2/(x+1.5)
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he takes thrice the time upstream.
2/(x-1.5) = 3*(2/x+1.5)
(x+1.5)(x-1.5)=3
x^2-2.25=3
x^2= 0.75
=0.87 km/hr
