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A girl planned to swim straight across a river of width 25m. After she had swum across the river, the girl found she had been swept 4m downstream. How far did she actually swim? Calculate your answer, in metres, correct to 1 decimal place.

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25^2 + 4^2 = c^2, c = 25.3 m
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