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A swimmer heads directly across a river swimming at 1. 6 m/s relative to still water. She arrives at a point 40 m downstream from the point directly across the river, which is 80 m wide.

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Answer:

50 Seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

All you do is take 80 m / 1.6 m/s and you get 50 seconds, as that is how long it would take you to swim that far

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