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Q: A motorboat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the motorboat and speed of the water current respectively?

  • 1
    3:7
  • 2
    7:9
  • 3
    5:4
  • 4
    8:3
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Answer : 4. "8:3"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 8:3 Explanation: Let the man's rate upstream be x kmph and that downstream be y kmph. Then, distance covered upstream in 8 hrs 48 min = Distance covered downstream in 4 hrs. x x 8 4 = (y x 4) 5 44 x =4y 5  y = 11 x. 5  Required ratio = y + x : y - x 2 2    = 16x x 1 : 6x x 1 5 2 5 2    = 8 : 3 5 5    = 8 : 3.

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