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a battlion of soldiers is ordered to swim across a river 500ft. at what minimum rate should they swim perpendicularly toriver flow in order to avoid being washed away by the waterfall 300ft downstream. the speed of current is 3mph

akash nag , 10 Years ago
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Sher Mohammad

Last Activity: 10 Years ago

since we want a drift less than 300ft,  3mph =3*1.6 kmph
                                           4.8 kmph *t= 300*.3/1000= .09
                                                          t=.09/4.8 hours
so vertical velocity is                        v= 500*.3*4.8/1000*.09
 

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