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Grade 11Mechanics

A River is flowing at the rate of 6 km per hour . A Swimmer swims across with a velocity of 9 km per hour w.r.t. water. The resultant velocity of the man will be?

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
We here have,  
Velocity of swimmer = 9kmph
Rate of flowing river = 6kmph
By drawing vector sum graph we will get the resultant velocity (with 6i^ and 9j^)
= √(6^2 + 9^2 ) 
= √117 kmph