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Grade upto college level Mechanics

A swimmer wishes to cross a 500 m wide river flowing at 5 km/h. His speed with respect to water is 3 km/h. (a) If he heads in a direction making an angle θ with the flow, find the time he takes to cross the river. (b) Find the shortest possible time to cross the river.

Profile image of Amit Saxena
12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Navjyot Kalra
12 Years ago
Sol. a) The vertical component 3 sin θ takes him to opposite side. Distance = 0.5 km, velocity = 3 sin θ km/h Time = Distance/(Velocity ) = 0.5/(3 sin⁡θ ) hr = 10/sin θ min. b) Here vertical component of velocity i.e. 3 km/hr takes him to opposite side. Time = Distance/Velocity = 0.5/3 = 0.16 hr ∴ 0.16 hr = 60 x 16 = 9.6 = 10 minute.
Profile image of rohan duseja
6 Years ago
the swimmer wont be able to make it only as the speed of river is more as compare to the swimmer 
he will drown for sure
Profile image of ankit singh
5 Years ago

Answer

V=3sinS=0.5KMT=3sin0.5hours=sin10min

Vertical componenet to opposite side =3KM/hr
T=30.5=0.16hr=10min
Profile image of Alex sharma
4 Years ago
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