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Posted by matthew on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12:37am.

The current of a river is 1.9 m/s. A person can swim 0.7 m/s. What is the best angle for the swimmer so that it is swept downstream the shortest distance possible? Distance of river is 120 m.

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