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A swimmer, capable of swimming at a speed of 1.0 m/s in still water(i.e., the swimmer can swim with a speed of 1.0 m/s relative to thewater), starts to swim directly across a 2.8 km wide river.However, the current is 0.91 m/s, and it carries the swimmerdownstream.
(a) How long does it take the swimmer to cross the river?
1 s
(b) How far downstream will the swimmer be upon reaching the otherside of the river?
2 m
A swimmer, capable of swimming at a speed of 1.0 m/s in still water(i.e., the swimmer can swim with a speed of 1.0 m/s relative to thewater), starts to swim directly across a 2.8 km wide river.However, the current is 0.91 m/s, and it carries the swimmerdownstream.
(a) How long does it take the swimmer to cross the river?
1 s
(b) How far downstream will the swimmer be upon reaching the otherside of the river?
2 m
Nelly StrackeLv2
25 Mar 2019
