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Description: A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.74 m/s in still water. She wants to arrive at a point directly across the stream of a 47m wide river whose current is 0.50 m/s.a.) At what angle upstream must she aim?b.) How long will it take her to cross the rive

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A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.74 m/s in still water. She wants to arrive at a point directly across the stream of a 47m wide river whose current is 0.50 m/s.

a.) At what angle upstream must she aim?

b.) How long will it take her to cross the river?

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A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.74 m/s in still
water. She wants to arrive at a point directly across
the stream of a 47-m-wide river whose current is
0.50 m/s.
How long will it take her to cross the river?
Express your answer to 3 significant figures.
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