IBPS Government Jobs Exams Numerical Ability Boats and Streams

It takes the same time to go 20 km downstream as it takes to go 12 km upstream. If the speed of the boat used is 8 km/hr in still water, the speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
option
(1) 4
(2) 1
(3) 0
(4) 3
(5) 2

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let, speed of stream be x km/hr
so,
20/(8+x) = 12/(8-x) --> x= 2km/hr
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