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A swimmer swims from a point A against a current for 5 minutes and then swims backwards in favour of the current for next 5 minutes and comes to the point B.If AB is 100 metres , the speed of the current (in km per hour) is :

A

0.4

B

0.2

C

1

D

0.6

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