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A man goes upstream for a distance of 10 kms in 5 hours. Another man goes downstream for the same distance of 10kms in 3 houes. what is the difference of the speeds of the two men if the river speed is 0.5 Kms. (Round the answer to two decimals).)

Options:
A. 2.45
B. 1.56
C. 2.3
D. 1.33

Asked In TCS Varsha (10 years ago)

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Nomendra Sinha  (10 years ago)

(10/5)=A-(1/2)
A=5/2

(10/3)=B+(1/2)
B=17/6

B-A=0.33

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amit tiwari  (10 years ago)

speed for 1st person=2 m/s ,speed for 2nd person=3.33 m/s.for upstream=2+0.5=2.5
for downstream=3.33+0.5=3.83.then diff=3.83-2.5=1.33
so ans=1.33

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kundan kumar  (10 years ago)

let velocity of first man be A & velocity of second man be B
10/5=A-0.5 ......(1)
10/3=B+0.5 .....(2)
SOLVING (1)&(2)
we get B-A=2.33
ANS:2.33

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Sayandip Dey  (10 years ago)

speed of the person going upstream=(10/5)-0.5=1.5km/hr
" " " " " downstream=(10/3)+0.5=3.83km/hr
so,difference is= 3.83 - 1.5 =2.33 km/hr.

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Pallabi Basu  (10 years ago)

(10/3 + .5)-(10/5 - .5)
=1.33
correct ans

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anchal gupta  (10 years ago)

ans 0.33
not in option
if we tick any option then will it be go in the negative marking?
plzzz tell me

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MUNISH YADAV  (10 years ago)

m1-0.5=2 or m1=2.5
m2+0.5=3.33 or m2=2.83
|m1-m2|=0.33
That's not in the options !!!

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Chirag Ranjan Lahiri  (10 years ago)

(10/5)=A-(1/2)
A=5/2
(10/3)=B+(1/2)
B=17/6
B-A=0.33

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souvik saha  (9 years ago)

ans- 1.33
bcoz, here the speed of both the persons u r calculating includes the upstream and downstream speeds as given in the question.. so 1st persons speed = 2km/hr (10/5) and 2nd persons speed = 3.33km/hr(10/3) .. as i have said before in the sum the speed of both the persons u have calculated is not the speed in still water so both of the speeds will be added with the stream speed i.e
1st person =2+0.5=2.5km/hr
2nd person=3.33+0.5=3.83km/hr
therefore difference= 3.83-2.5=1.33 km/hr

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sandeep kumar  (9 years ago)

Ans is 2.3

speed in upstream is given by 10/5=2

speed in down stream is given by 10/3=3.33

now speed in down stream when river speed v=0.5 is given is u+v =3.33+0.5=3.8

speed in upstream is u-v= 2-0.5=1.5

now diff is 3.8-1.5=2.3

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SOURADIP DUTTA  (10 years ago)

ans is 9..as 9 no of 5 is present.

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Swapnali Pawar  (9 years ago)

dist=speed*time
10=(A-.5)*5
10=(B+.5)*3
A=12.5/5
B=11.5/3
B-A=4/3=>1.33(D)

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