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A swimmer swims north at 0.10 m/s relative to still water across a river that flows at 0.25 m/s from east to west. Calculate the swimmer's velocity relative to the riverban…
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A swimmer swims north at 0.10 m/s relative to still water across a river that flows at 0.25 m/s from east to west. Calculate the swimmer's velocity relative to the riverbank.
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0.15 m/s East
If you follow the equation a=vf-vi/t, you'll discover that subtracting the final velocity, 0.25 m/s, by the initial velocity, 0.10 m/s, and divide by zero, (bc there was no given time) the answer is 0.15 m/s East
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