Boat and Stream / āύāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāϤ 1
1. Basic Concept | āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž
- Still Water: When the water is calm and there is no stream, the speed of the boat is called speed of the boat in still water. // āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāϤ āύāĻĨāĻāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āύāĻžāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
- Stream: The flow of water is called a stream. āϏā§āĻāϤ: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ āϏā§āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
- Downstream: Moving along the direction of the stream. āĻ āύā§āϏā§āĻāϤ: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āύāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāĻžāĨ¤
- Upstream: Moving against the direction of the stream. āĻā§°ā§āϧā§āĻŦāϏā§āĻāϤ/āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤā§: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āύāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāĻžāĨ¤
āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏā§āϤā§ā§° (Boats & Streams) // Important Formulas (Boats & Streams)
i. āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ = āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ + āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ (Downstream Speed = Boat Speed (B) + Stream Speed (S))
ii. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ = āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ − āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ (Upstream Speed = Boat Speed (B) − Stream Speed (S))
iii. āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ = (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ + āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ) ÷ 2 [Boat Speed in Still Water = (Downstream Speed + Upstream Speed) ÷ 2]
iv. āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ = (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ − āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ) ÷ 2 [Stream Speed = (Downstream Speed − Upstream Speed) ÷ 2]
v. āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ ÷ āĻŦā§āĻ (Time = Distance ÷ Speed)
vi. āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ = āĻŦā§āĻ × āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Distance = Speed × Time)
vii. āĻŦā§āĻ = āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ ÷ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Speed = Distance ÷ Time)
Note: āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°āϏāĻŽā§āĻš Panchayat Recruitment, ADRE, Assam Police, Grade-III, Grade-IV, Clerical, Banking, SSC, Railway, Group-C, Group-D āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ (These formulas are very important for Panchayat Recruitment, ADRE, Assam Police, Grade-III, Grade-IV, Clerical, Banking, SSC, Railway, Group-C, Group-D, and other competitive examinations.)
2. Note
- If B > S, the boat can move upstream.(āϝāĻĻāĻŋ B > S, āύāĻžāĻāĻāύ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
- If B = S, the boat remains at the same position with respect to the bank.(āϝāĻĻāĻŋ B = S, āύāĻžāĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§° āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤)
- If B < S, the boat cannot move upstream.(āϝāĻĻāĻŋ B < S, āύāĻžāĻāĻāύ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
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Q1. āĻāĻāύ āύāĻžāĻā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ 10 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ 2 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤ āύāĻžāĻāĻāύ 48 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§ 48 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ ? A boat has a speed of 10 km/h in still water, and the speed of the stream is 2 km/h. How much total time will it take to travel 48 km downstream and 48 km upstream ?
A) 4 hours (ā§Ē āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž) B) 9 hours (⧝ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž) C) 10 hours (ā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž) D) 12 hours (⧧⧍ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) 10 hours (ā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
- Downstream speed = 10 + 2 = 12 km/h (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ = 10 + 2 = 12 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Upstream speed = 10 − 2 = 8 km/h (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ = 10 − 2 = 8 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Time downstream = 48 ÷ 12 = 4 hours (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = 48 ÷ 12 = 4 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Time upstream = 48 ÷ 8 = 6 hours (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = 48 ÷ 8 = 6 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Total time = 4 + 6 = 10 hours (āĻŽā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = 4 + 6 = 10 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž )
Trick:
- Downstream (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ) Speed = Boat Speed + Stream Speed (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ = āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ + āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ)
- Upstream (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ) Speed = Boat Speed − Stream Speed (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ = āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ − āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ)
- Time = Distance ÷ Speed (āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ = āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ ÷ āĻŦā§āĻ)
Calculation / āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒ:
- Downstream (āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ): 48 ÷ 12 = 4 hours (4 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Upstream (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ): 48 ÷ 8 = 6 hours (6 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
- Total Time (āĻŽā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ): 4 + 6 = 10 hours (10 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž)
Q2. āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ 25 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ 15 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? The downstream speed of a boat is 25 km/h and the upstream speed is 15 km/h. What is the ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the stream ?
A) 4 : 1 B) 5 : 1 C) 6 : 1 D) 3 : 1
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) 4 : 1
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž