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A boat running downstream covers a distance of 30 km in 2 hours . While coming back the boat takes 6 hours to cover the same distance . If the speed of the current is half of that of the boat then what is the speed of the boat in kmph ?

A

15

B

5

C

10

D

20

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C
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