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The ratio of the time taken by a boat to travel the same distance downstream in stream A to that in stream B is 8:7. The speed of the boat is `12 km//h` and the speed of stream A is half the speed of stream B. What is the speed of stream B? (in `km//h`)

A

5

B

2

C

3

D

4

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D
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