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A boat travels up stream 30 kilometres and down -stream 44 kilometres in 10 hours . It also travels up-stream 40 kilometres and down-stream 55 kilometres in 13 hours . Find the velocity of the stream and of the boat in still water.

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The velocity of the stream = 3 km/h ; the velocity of the boat in still water = 8 km/h;
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