To find the speed of a river's current, boatman decides to carry out the following e
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Date: 2020-04-12

To find the speed of a river's current, boatman decides to carry out the following experiment. He drops a wooden bucket into the water and himself sets off downstream, rowing along the flow of river. After 40 min, he reaches a point A, 1km from his starting-point and turns back. After travelling some distance upstream, he picks up the bucket, turns round again and, rowing downstram once more, reaches A for the second time 24 min later (after picking the bucket). Assuming that the speeds of both current and boat (w.r.t. river) are constant, and also that no time is wasted on turning round. What is the boat's speed relative to the water?