A motor boat covers the distance between two places on a river and returns in 14 hrs if the velocity of boat in still water is 35 kmph and the e velocity of water in river is 5kmph.The distance between two places is..??

Asked by Seema.hnk | 21st May, 2019, 08:34: PM

Expert Answer:

Here u = 35 and v = 5 and t = 14 
 
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Answered by Yasmeen Khan | 22nd May, 2019, 09:35: AM

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