A boat goes 28 km downstream and while returning covers only 75% of the distance covered downstream. If the boat takes 3 hours more to cover upstream ...

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A boat goes 28 km downstream and while returning covers only 75% of the distance covered downstream. If the boat takes 3 hours more to cover upstream than downstream, then find the speed of the boat in still water (km/hr) if the speed of the stream is 59\frac{5}{9} m/sec?

Options

A.

8 km/hr

B.

2 km/hr

C.

5 km/hr

D.

4 km/hr

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