Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Bill on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:02pm.

A swimmer, capable of swimming at a speed of 0.8 m/s in still water (i.e., the swimmer can swim with a speed of 0.8 m/s relative to the water), starts to swim directly across a 2.5 km wide river. However, the current is 0.91 m/s, and it carries the swimmer downstream.

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:03pm
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