A boat can covers a certain distance in upstream and same distance in downstream in total of 7 hours 48 minutes, If upstream speed of the boat is 62.5%. of downstream speed of the boat and speed of the stream is 3 km/h, what is the total distance covered by the boat?

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  1. 86
  2. 84
  3. 96
  4. 98
  5. 88

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Option 3 : 96
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Let downstream speed is 8x.

So, upstream speed is 8x × 5/  8 = 5x

So, [8x - 5x]/2 = 3

So, x = 2

So, upstream speed is 10 and downstream speed is 16

Let, Distance is D.

So, D/16 + D /10 = 7 (48/60) = 39/5

Or, 13D/80 = 39/5

Or, D = 48 km

Total distance is 48 + 48 = 96 

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