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A swimmer heads directly across a river swimming at 1.6 m/s

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A swimmer heads directly across a river swimming at 1.6 m/s

A swimmer heads directly across a river swimming at 1.6 m/s relative to still water. She arrives at a point 40 m downstream from the point directly across the river, which is 80 m wide. Determine... a. the speed of the current b. the magnitude of the swimmer's resultant velocity c. the direction of the swimmer's resultant velocity d. the time it takes the swimmer to cross the river