If a man's rate with the current is $12 \text{ km/h}$ and the rate of the current is $1 \frac{1}{2} \text{ km/h}$,then his rate against the current is ...... $\text{km/h}$.

  • A
    $13$
  • B
    $7$
  • C
    $9$
  • D
    None of these

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