A swimmer wishes to cross a 500m wide river flowing at 5Km/h. His speed with respect to water is 3Km/h (a) If he heads in a direction making an angle θ with the flow, find the time he takes to cross the river.
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Solution
a) The vertical component 3sinθ takes him to opposite side.Distance =0.5km, velocity =3sinθkm/hTime =DistanceVelocity−0.53−0.16hr=10/sinθmin