About This Cheat Sheet

Complete guide to Boats and Streams for competitive exams: basic concepts of downstream (with the stream) and upstream (against the stream), formulas for downstream speed (boat speed + stream speed), upstream speed (boat speed – stream speed), finding speed of boat in still water (1/2 × [downstream + upstream]), finding speed of stream (1/2 × [downstream – upstream]), ratio of time taken for same distance upstream and downstream, average speed concept for boats, problems on finding distance when time given for downstream and upstream, problems on finding time when distance given, problems with different stream speeds, problems on boats with different speeds, problems on rowing in same direction, problems on meeting point for two boats, and shortcut tricks for SSC, Banking, Railway, UPSC, and other government exams.