Kinematics

Swimming Current Physics


<div class="wp-block-create-block-problemblock">A swimmer can swim with a velocity of 1.0 m/s in still water.  The swimmer wishes to swim directly across a river with a current of 0.50 m/s directed from upstream to downstream.  To end up directly across the river the swimmer must head at what angle?</div>


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