A motorboat covers a given distance in 6 hours moving downstream on a river. It covers the same distance in 10 hours moving upstream. The time it takes to cover the same distance in still water is
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B
: Let be the velocity of water and
be the velocity of motorboat in still water.
The distance covered by the motorboat in moving downstream in
is
Same distance covered by the motorboat in moving upstream in
is
Equating (i) and (ii), we get
Time taken by the motorboat to cover the same distance in still water is
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