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Relative motion in 2 dimension
Question

A man who can swim at the rate of 2 km/hr (in still river) crosses a river to a point exactly opposite on the other bank by swimming in a direction of 150o to the flow of
the water in the river. The velocity of the water current in km/hr is

Moderate
Solution

Let speed of current be u. For net velocity of man to be normal to river flow.

2sin60=u

 or  u=3km/hr

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