There r two bridges at a distance of 1Km. A person starts rowingupstream from 1st bridge and when he reaches the secondbridge he losseshis cap. After 15mins he realizes it and turns bach and rows downstreamand catches his hat at the bottom of 1st bridge. Find : The speed ofboat in still water

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Neetu Kumari

  • Jul 11th, 2006
 

plz giv me the answer along with the solution.

urgent before15th july 2006

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anup

  • Jul 22nd, 2006
 

the eq is like this: let u km/hr : speed of water, v km/hr : speed of boat in still water 1/u=1/4+1/(v+u)+(v-u)/4(v+u) 15 mins=1/4 hr solving, u=2km/hr & v can have any value.

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