# Difficult Time, Speed & Distance Solved QuestionAptitude Discussion

 Q. The $XYZ$ river flows at 12 km/hr. A boy who can row at $\frac{25}{18}$ m/s in still water had to cross it in the least possible time. The distance covered by the boy is how many times the width of the river $XYZ$?
 ✖ A. 2.1 ✖ B. 2.3 ✔ C. 2.6 ✖ D. 2.9

Solution:
Option(C) is correct

Speed of the river $XYZ = 12$ kmph

Speed of the boy = 5 kmph

Let the time taken by the boy to cross the river in still water = $T$

Width of the river = $5T$

The boy takes the least time when he is travelling directly across the river.

But the river current pushes him in a direction perpendicular to the flow,

Distance travelling along the river = $12T$

Effective distance travelled by boy

$=\sqrt{(12T)^2+(5T)^2}$

$=13T$

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{Distance covered by the boy}}{\text{width of the river}}$

$=\dfrac{13T}{5T}$

$=2.6$

Edit: Thank you Ravi, modified the question and added rowing velocity of the boy.

## (5) Comment(s)

Dhanabalavignesh
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how is the width of the river is taken as 5T

Prateek
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Shouldn't the boy's speed be 25/18 kmph?

Deepak
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Thank you Prateek for notifying, corrected the rowing speed of boy.

Ravi
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Speed at which boy rows in the river is not mentioned, kindly look into this.

Deepak
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Thank for notifying, modified the question...