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The width of river is 1 km. The velocity of boat is 5 km/hr. The boat covered the width of river along the shortest path in 15 min. Then the velocity of river stream is
- 3 km/hr
- 4 km/hr
- 29 km/hr
- 41 km/hr
Answer
(1) 3 km/hr
Solution
For the shortest path, the resultant velocity is perpendicular to the stream.
Resultant speed = 1 km 1560 hr = 4 km/hr
vboat2 = vresultant2 + vriver2
vriver = 52 - 42
= 3 km/hr
Answer: (1)
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