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To cross the river in shortest distance, a swimmer should swim making angle  with the upstream. What is the ratio of the time taken to swim across in the shortest time to that in swimming across over shortest distance. [Assume speed of swimmer in still water is greater than the speed of river flow

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a

tanθ

b

cosθ

c

cotθ

d

sinθ

answer is B.

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Shortest time  t1=dU, shortest path  t2=dUcos(θ90)

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To cross the river in shortest distance, a swimmer should swim making angle  with the upstream. What is the ratio of the time taken to swim across in the shortest time to that in swimming across over shortest distance. [Assume speed of swimmer in still water is greater than the speed of river flow