JEE Main · 2023 · 31 Jan 2023 · Shift 1 · Kinematics

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The speed of a swimmer is km h in still water. If the swimmer makes his strokes normal to the flow of river of width 1 km, he reaches a point 750 m down the stream on the opposite bank.

The speed of the river water is _____ km h.

Answer: 3

Solution

Pointing his strokes straight across, the swimmer crosses the km width at his own speed of km h, taking h. In that same time the current carries him m km downstream, and this drift is produced entirely by the river's flow, so km h.

JEE Main · 2023 · 31 Jan 2023 · Shift 1 · Integer answer

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