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A swimmer is capable of swimming at 1.4m/s in still water. a. How far downstream will he land if he swims directly across a 180m wide river? b. How long will it take him to reach the other side.
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A swimmer is capable of swimming at 1.4m/s in still water. a. How far downstream will he land if he swims directly across a 180m wide river? b. How long will it take him to reach the other side.

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t = 180 / 1.4 = 129 sec (time to swim horizontally across river)

S = 129 sec * V where V is speed of current and S is the distance he will be carried downstream

The problem does not specify V the speed of the river

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