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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2025

A boat takes 1 hour 30 minutes less to travel 36 km downstream than to travel the same distance upstream.
If the speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hr, then the speed of the stream is :

  1. A 2 km/hr
  2. B 3 km/hr
  3. C 3.5 km/hr
  4. D 4 km/hr
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(A) 2 km/hr

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\( \frac{36}{10 - v} - \frac{36}{10 + v} = 1.5 \) \( 36 \left( \frac{10 + v - (10 - v)}{(10 - v)(10 + v)} \right) = 1.5 \) \( \frac{72v}{100 - v^2} = 1.5 \) \( 1.5v^2 + 72v - 150 = 0 \) \( v^2 + 48v - 100 = 0 \) \( (v + 50)(v - 2) = 0 \)…
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