Capgemini Company Numerical Ability Boats and Streams

A boat starts from point A and goes to point C which is 200 m away. B is 80 m away from A on the way to C. All these three points are on the same bank of the river which flows at 2 m/s. The boat man moves in the direction of the river on the way from A to C and on the way back paddles against the river along the same route. The speed of the boat in still water on the way from A and B (or from B to A) is half of the same from B to C (or from C to B). The boat takes 2 min 21 s to start from A and return to its original position. If the boatman started back immediately on arrival at C, the speed of the boat in still water from A to B could be

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