IT TAKES 4 HOURS FOR A MOTORBOAT TO TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM FROM X TO Y....

24. It takes 4 hours for a motorboat to travel downstream from X to Y. To return upstream from Y to X it

takes the motorboat 6 hours. How many hours would it take a wooden log to be carried from X to Y by

the current, assuming it is unhindered by any obstacles?

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 20 (E) 24