A swimmer crosses the river along the line making an angle of 45° with the direction of flow. Velocity of the river is 5 m/s. Swimmer takes 6 seconds to cross the river of width 60 m. The velocity of the swimmer with respect to water will be :
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a
10 m/s
b
12 m/s
c
55 m/s
d
102 m/s
answer is C.
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Detailed Solution
V¯m.g = V¯m.r + V¯r.g As resulting velocity V¯m.g is at 45° with river flowLet say V→mr makes angle θ with flow of river.i.e. Vr.g + Vm.rcosθ = Vm.gcos 450 ............(1)and Vmgsin45=Vmrsinθ=606 ............(2)Solving (1) & (2)vm.r = 55 m/s