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A swimmer crosses a river

A swimmer can swim at 3.9m/s in still water. What will the swimmer's speed be (relative to the shore) if he crosses a river that
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A swimmer crosses a river 300 yards wide by swimming at a constant velocity of 1 mile/hour perpendicular (that is, at right
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A swimmer swims perpendicular to the bank of a 20.0 m wide river at a velocity of1.3 m/s. Suppose the river has a current of 2.7
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A swimmer can swim 3 mph in still water. She decides to swim perpendicular to the river current which is 3 mph. If the river is
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A swimmer tries to go straight across a river that is 500m wide. The swimmer can swim at 1.5m/s. There is a current of .05m/s
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A swimmer tries to go straight across a river that is 500m wide. The swimmer can swim at 1.5m/s. There is a current of .05m/s
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3 swimmers cross a river with a downstream current.Swimmer A swims straight across and ends up down the river. Swimmer B swims
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A swimmer heads directly across a river, swimming at 1.2 m/s relative to the water. She arrives at a point 48 m downstream from
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A river has a current of 4 m/s south with respect to the shore. A swimmer is swimming in the river (which is redundant).a. If
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Consider a swimmer who wants to swim directly across a river as shown in the figure below. If the speed of the current is 0.29
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