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Physics: Principles with Applications | 6th Edition | ISBN: 9780321569837 | Authors: Douglas C. Giancoli
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(a) At what upstream angle must the swimmer in aim, if she is to arrive at a point

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(a) At what upstream angle must the swimmer in Problem 47 aim, if she is to arrive at a point directly across the stream? (b) How long would it take her?

Problem 47

A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45 m/s in still water. (a) If she aims her body directly across a 75-m-wide river whose current is 0.40 m/s, how far downstream (from a point opposite her starting point) will she land? (b) How long will it take her to reach the other side?

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Problem 48P

(a) At what upstream angle must the swimmer in Problem 47 aim, if she is to arrive at a point directly across the stream? (b) How long would it take her?

Problem 47

A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.45 m/s in still water. (a) If she aims her body directly across a 75-m-wide river whose current is 0.40 m/s, how far downstream (from a point opposite her starting point) will she land? (b) How long will it take her to reach the other side?

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In this problem, we have to find the angle and what time it takes to reach.

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