Cluster · Boat and Stream Speed Problems

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Boats Streams Speed Distance Problems
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A boat travels 160 km against the stream in 40 hours and the speed of the stream is 18 km/hr. What is the speed of the boat along with the stream?

pipeline-539670
rpf intermediate

The ratio of speed of A and B in still water is 2 : 3. A and B start their journey from the same point but in opposite directions. A goes in the direction of flow of the river. After 2 hours both of them stop and reverse their direction with half of their previous speed. They meet after 4 hours. Speed of the river is 10 m/s. Find the initial speed of A in still water.

pipeline-489544
rpf intermediate

A boat goes 80 km upstream in 4 hours and 75 km downstream in 3 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water.

pipeline-490380
rpf intermediate

If the speed of a boat in the direction of the current and against the current is 12 km/h and 8 km/h respectively, how long will it take the boat to go 24 km in still water?

pipeline-1036070
rpf intermediate

If the speed of a boat in still water is 15 m/sec and the speed of the current is 5 m/sec. How much time will the boat take to cover 800 meters downstream?

pipeline-726051
rpf intermediate

If a ship can row at a speed of 144 km/hr in still water, what will be the time taken to move 300 km upstream on Monday? (in seconds)

pipeline-481608
rpf intermediate

A boat travels in upstream 40 km and downstream 56 km taking 4 hours each time. Find the velocity of the boat.

pipeline-613039
rpf intermediate

A can cover 90 km downstream in 2 hours. If the stream speed is 10 km/hr, what will the time take (in hours) to cover the same distance in upstream motion?

pipeline-654683
rpf intermediate

A can cover 90 km downstream in 2 hours. If the stream speed is 10 km/hr, what will the time take (in hours) to cover the same distance in upstream motion?

pipeline-614757
rpf intermediate

The average of the downstream distance covered by Boat 1 in River B in 2 hours and the downstream distance covered by Boat 2 in River D in 1 hour is:

pipeline-693673
rpf intermediate

An observer offshore can see the boat coming towards him at a pace of 25 m/s. When the boat is 600m away he took his yacht and started traveling towards the boat at a constant speed of 9 km/h. If the speed of the stream is 10 m/s then what is the time taken in seconds to cross the boat by the yacht? (Direction of the stream is in the direction of the yacht)

pipeline-589202
rpf intermediate

Find the speed of a motor boat that takes 12 hours to go upstream from the shore to the island situated 24 km away. It is given that the speed of the river is 4 km/hr. (in km/hr)

pipeline-590931
rpf intermediate

A boat can sail at the speed of 8km/h in still water. The boat can cover 20 km a round journey in 5 hours. What is the downstream speed of the boat?

pipeline-589184
rpf intermediate

If the speed of a boat in still water is 25 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5 km/hr then, find the time taken by the boat to cover 135 km downstream.

pipeline-500658
rpf intermediate

The speed of a boat along with the current and against the current is 28.5 km/hr and 13 km/hr respectively. What is the speed of a boat (in km/hr) in still water?

pipeline-503301
rpf intermediate

A boat goes 30 km upstream in 3 hours and 40 km downstream in 2 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water.

pipeline-492607
rpf intermediate

A boat can stream 60 km upstream and 120 km downstream in 3.5 hours. It can go 160 km upstream and 180 km downstream in 7 hours. What percentage of the speed of the boat in still water is the speed of a stream?

pipeline-490301
rpf percentage intermediate

The ratio of time taken by the boat to row in downstream to upstream is 3 : 5. Find the ratio of the speed of the boat to the speed of current, if it covers equal distance.

pipeline-481730
rpf intermediate

Rohan is going rafting in the river the ratio between the speed of a boat in still water to the speed of the stream is 7 : 3. If 525 km is traveled downstream in 5 hours then, find the difference between the speed of a boat in still water and the speed of the stream.

pipeline-1289244
banking intermediate

Boat A covers 54 km at 3 hours downstream in river P and covers 27 km upstream at 3 hours in river Q. If the speed of boat A in still water is 14 km/hr and boat B covers 44 km in 2 hours downstream in river P then find the distance covered by boat B in river Q in 5 hours downstream?

pipeline-490306
rpf intermediate

If the time taken by a boat to travel 180 km upstream and 80 km downstream is 5 hours, then find the time taken by the boat to cover 126 km upstream and 56 km downstream.

pipeline-1287359
banking intermediate

Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 150 km apart. The speeds of the boats A and B in still water are 16 km/hr and 14 km/hr respectively. If A travels downstream and B travels upstream. Find the time after which they will meet each other.

pipeline-1270368
banking intermediate

A boat sailing downstream crosses a ship of length 225 m in 4 minute 10 seconds. Find the speed (In meter/minute) of boat in still water if it crosses the same ship in 18 minute 45 seconds sailing upstream.

pipeline-36585
banking intermediate

A boat sailing downstream crosses a ship of length 225 m in 4 minute 10 seconds. Find the speed (In meter/minute) of boat in still water if it crosses the same ship in 18 minute 45 seconds sailing upstream.

pipeline-1272368
banking intermediate

The speed of the current is 8 km/hour. Two boats A and B go upstream with the speed of 80 km/hour and 98 km/hour respectively. If boat A starts first and after 1 hour B will start then, find the time when both boats A and B will meet.

pipeline-1285963
banking intermediate

Ratio of speed of boat in downstream and speed of stream is 9 : 1, if speed of current is 3 km per hr, then find distance travelled(in km) upstream in 5 hours.

pipeline-1269162
banking intermediate

A motorboat service takes a time of 5 hours to go downstream from shore A to B everyday to drop some group of passengers. Considering that there is no delay while dropping and boarding passengers on the shore, find the total time taken by the motorboat to pick a group of 3 passengers from shore A and drop them on shore B and then pick up another group of 5 passengers and drop them on a Riverview point C located on halfway of its route while coming back from shore B to A. The speed of motorboat in still water is 10 km/hr and the distance it travels while going to and fro from shore A to B and B to A is 120 km.

pipeline-1256846
banking intermediate

The difference between downstream speed and upstream speed is 4 kmph. If the speed of the boat in still water is 7 times the speed of the current, then what is the time taken by the boat to cover 48 km downstream?

pipeline-1244305
banking intermediate

The speed of a boat in still water is 16km/hr and the speed of the current is 2 km/hr. The distance traveled by the ship from point A to point B downstream is 12 km more than the distance covered by the same boat from point B to point C upstream at the same time. How long will the boat travel from C to B downstream?

pipeline-1244137
banking intermediate

A boat goes upstream from point A to B and comes back in 9 hours and 27 minutes. If the speed of the stream increases by 2km/h, then this journey will take 15 hours and 45 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water, given that the distance between A and B is 27km.

pipeline-1065855
banking intermediate

Two boats A and B are going downstream. The distance between them is 150 km and the speed of the stream is 5 km/hr. If boat A reaches 2 hours before boat B, what is the ratio of the speed of boat A to boat B?

pipeline-1065989
banking intermediate

The upstream speed from point A is 10 kmph. If a boat reaches a bridge and takes a U-turn towards A at the speed of 15 kmph. The time taken for the boat in return journey is 1 hour less than the upstream journey. Calculate the distance from point A to the bridge.

pipeline-1054244
banking intermediate

A man swims downstream at a speed of 10 km per hour in 30 mins. He returns from a point on the boat back to the starting point at the speed of 40 km per hour in 10 minutes. The speed of the boat in still water is 42 km per hour and the speed of the river is 2 km per hour. Find the average speed of the man.

pipeline-1054223
banking intermediate

A person can cover 45 km upstream in 3 hours in a boat whose speed in still water is 20 km/h, what is the time taken by the person to cover 36 km downstream by swimming if the swimming speed of the person in still water is 5/6 m/s?

pipeline-1065944
banking intermediate

In a race, a boat crosses a flag post, which is 9 km away from the starting point, in 2 hours and then travels back to the starting point against the current in 6 hours. The speed of the boat in still water and that of the current respectively are _______.

pipeline-1065903
banking intermediate

A boat was traveling in the river and Hitesh's cap falls from the boat which he did not notice. He then decided to cover a distance of 20 km from some point marking it as the starting. After reaching the distance suddenly Hitesh finds that he has lost his cap somewhere. He then turned back and returned to its starting point, having travelled a total of 9 hours. On the returning trip, at a distance of 8 km from the starting point, he found his cap which has passed the starting point at the moment at which the boat had started downstream. What was the downstream speed of the boat?

pipeline-1046042
banking intermediate

Two boats 50 km apart travel towards each other. Speeds of the two boats A and B in still water are 12 km/hr and 13 km/hr respectively. If A goes downstream and B goes upstream. They will meet after what time.

pipeline-1054278
banking intermediate

A ship crosses a bridge of length 200 meter in 40 seconds while going upstream but it takes 50% less time to cross the same bridge while going downstream. What is the speed of the ship in still water?

pipeline-1055921
banking intermediate

A boat covers some distance in 3 hours downstream and the same distance in 7 hours upstream. If the speed of the current is 2 km/hour. what is the speed of the boat?

pipeline-1047432
banking intermediate

A ship goes 400 km upstream from point P and returns downstream to the same point. Find average speed of the ship for the whole journey if the speed of ship in still water is 41 km/h and speed of current is 9 km/h. The ship takes rest for 4.5 hours also before returning.

pipeline-1055918
banking intermediate

The speed of a stream is 35% of the speed of a boat. Distance traveled by boat in 6 hours (upstream) is what percent of the distance traveled by boat in 8 hours (downstream)?

pipeline-1041784
banking percentage intermediate

The time taken by a boat to travel upstream from point X to Y is 8 hours. If the speed of the river current is 7 kmph, how long will the boat take to travel downstream from B to A if the distance between them is 56 km?

pipeline-1041834
banking intermediate

A man went downstream for 30 km in a motorboat and immediately returned. It took the man twice as long to make the return trip. If the speed of the river flow were twice as high, the trip downstream and back would take 720 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the river flow.

pipeline-1041949
banking intermediate

A boat can cover a distance of 3 km against the stream in 36 minutes. Find the time taken by the boat to cover a distance of 49.5 kilometres with the stream given that the speed of boat in still water is 8 km/hr.

pipeline-1039389
banking intermediate

A boat covers 44 km downstream and 30 km upstream in 10 hours and 55 km downstream and 50 km upstream in 15 hours. Find the speed of the current.

pipeline-1036977
banking intermediate

A boat covers a distance of 105.6 km in 12 hours while travelling upstream. The speed of the stream is 3.7 km/hr. Find the distance travelled in 9 hours while travelling downstream.

pipeline-1030043
banking intermediate

Find the speed of the stream.

Statement I: The time taken by boat to go 40 km upstream is the same as the time taken by it to go 72 km downstream.

Statement II: The total time taken by boat to go 54 km downstream and 36 km upstream is 3.3 hours.

Statement III: The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the stream is 7: 2 and the time taken by boat to go 35 km in still water is 1.25 hours.

pipeline-1301867
defence intermediate

The speed of a boat in still water is 25 km/h. It takes 33\(\frac{1}{3}\)% more time to cover a certain distance in still water than to  cover the same distance downstream. How much time (in hours) will the boat take to go 75 km downstream?

pipeline-1296625
defence intermediate

A boat can go 54 km upstream in 6 hours. If the speed of the stream is 4.8 km/h, then how much time (in hours) will the boat take to cover a distance of 279 km downstream?

pipeline-1251824
ib intermediate

A person can row downstream 49 km in 7 hours and upstream 36 km in 9 hours. What is the speed of the current?

pipeline-1243110
ib intermediate
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