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about 30 km upstream and 20 km downstream in 7 hours in 6 hours it can go 18 km upstream and 30 km downstream determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water

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Let the speed of boat in still water be xkm/hr and the speed of stream beykm/hr30x-y+20x+y=7 ...118x-y+30x+y=6 ...2Let 1x-y=u and 1x+y=vSo , equations 1 and 2 becomes30u+20v=7 ...318u+30v=6 ...4Equation 4 reduces to3u+5v=1 ....5Multiply equation 5 by 4, we get12u+20v=4 ...6Now subtracting equation 6 from equation 3, we get30u+20v-12u-20v=7 -418u=3u=16Putting u=16 in equation 6, we get 2+20v=4 20v=2v=110So, 1x-y=16 and 1x+y=110So,we havex-y=6x+y=10Adding the above we get2x=16x=8and y=2
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