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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2025

A person can row a boat in still water at the rate of \(5 km / hr\). It takes him \(4\) times as long to row upstream of a river as to row downstream to cover same distance in the same river. The speed of flow of the stream is:

  1. A \(5 km / hr\)
  2. B \(3 km / hr\)
  3. C \(5 km / hr\)
  4. D \(4 km / hr\)
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(B) \(3 km / hr\)

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\( \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed upstream}} = 4 \times \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed downstream}} \) \( \frac{1}{V_b - V_s} = \frac{4}{V_b + V_s} \) \( V_b + V_s = 4(V_b - V_s) \) \( V_b + V_s = 4V_b - 4V_s \) \( 5V_s = 3V_b \)…