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Q: A Woman’s downstream swimming rate is thrice of her upstream swimming rate. If she covers 12 km upstream in 2.5 hours, what distance she will cover in 5 hours downstream?

  • 1
    72 km
  • 2
    36 km
  • 3
    56 km
  • 4
    42 km
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Answer : 1. "72 km"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 72 km Explanation: Rate of her upstream = 12/2.5 = 4.8 km/hr Then, ATQ Rate of downstream = 4.8 x 3 = 14.4 km/hr   Hence, the distance she covers downstream in 5 hrs = 14.4 x 5 = 72 kms.

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