A river of width 200 m is flowing from west to east with a speed of 18 km/h. A boat, moving with speed of 36 km/h in still water, is made to travel one-round trip (bank to bank of the river). Minimum time taken by the boat for this journey and also the displacement along the river bank are and respectively.
- 20 s and 100 m
- 40 s and 100 m
- 40 s and 200 m
- 40 s and 0 m
Answer
(3) 40 s and 200 m
Solution
vr = 18 km/h = 5 m/s, vb = 36 km/h = 10 m/s
Minimum time: boat heads perpendicular to the flow each way.
tone way = 20010 = 20 s
tround trip = 2 20 = 40 s
Drift in each crossing = vr t = 5 20 = 100 m, eastwards (downstream) both times
displacement along the bank = 100 + 100 = 200 m
Answer: (3)