A son and father goes for boating in river upstream . After
rowing for 1 mile son notices the hat of his father falling
in the river. After 5 min. he tells his father that his hat
has fallen. So they turn around and are able to pick the
hat at the point from where they began boating after 5 min.
Find out the speed of river.

Answer Posted / gaurav sharma

6 miles per hour.......
actually hat fell when they were 1 mile away from starting
and total time hat takes to travel to the starting point is
10 minutes ( 5 + 5 ).so, 1 miles per 10 minutes thats why 6
miles per hour

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