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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 3 Problem 49

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A child, who is 45 m from the bank of a river, is being carried helplessly downstream by the rivers swift current of As the child passes a lifeguard on the rivers bank, the lifeguard starts swimming in a straight line (Fig. 346) until she reaches the child at a point downstream. If the lifeguard can swim at a speed of relative to the water, how long does it take her to reach the child? How far downstream does the lifeguard intercept the child?

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

A child, who is 45 m from the bank of a river, is being

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