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A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 \(\frac{1}{4}\) minutes and down the stream in 7 \(\frac{1}{2}\) minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:
Answer: Option D
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We can write three-quarters of a kilometre as 750 metres,
and 11 \(\frac{1}{4}\) minutes as 675 seconds.
Rate upstream = \(\left(\frac{750}{675}\right)m/sec = \frac{10}{9}m/sec.\)
Rate downstream = \(\left(\frac{750}{450}\right)m/sec = \frac{3}{5}m/sec.\)
So, Rate in still water = \(\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{10}{9}+\frac{3}{5}\right)m/sec\)
= \(\frac{25}{18}m/sec.\)
= \(\left(\frac{25}{18}\times\frac{18}{5}\right)km/hr\)
= 5 km/hr.
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