June 1, 2018

Boat and Stream Formulas


  • If speed of stream is ‘a’ and a boat (swimmer) takes ‘n’ times as long to row up as to row down the river, then
Speed of Boat (swimmer) in still water = a*(n+1)/(n-1)

  • A person can row at a speed of ‘x’ in still water. If stream is flowing at a speed of y, it takes time ‘T’ to row to a place and back, then
Distance between two places = T*(x2 – y2) / 2x

  • A man rows a certain distance downstream in ‘x’ hour and returns the same distance in ‘y’ hour. When the stream flows at the rate of ‘a’ km/h, then
Speed of the man in still water = a*(x+ y) / (y – x)

  • If boat’s speed in still water is ‘a’ km/h and river is flowing with a speed of ‘b’ km/h, then average speed in going to a certain place and coming back to starting point is given by
(a + b)(a – b) / a km/h

  • When boat’s speed in still water is ‘a’ km/h and river is flowing with a speed of ‘b’ km/h and time taken to cover a certain distance upstream is ‘T’ more that the time taken to cover the same distance downstream, then
Distance = (a2 – b2)*T / 2b

  • If a man covers ‘I’ km distance in ‘t1’ hour along the direction of the river and he covers same distance in ‘t2' hour against the direction of the river, then
Speed of man = 1/2 * (I/t1 + I/t2)
Speed of stream = 1/2 * (I/t1 – I/t2)




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