You are on the west bank of a river that is flowing north with a speed of 1.2 m/s. Your swimming speed relative to the w

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You are on the west bank of a river that is flowing north with a speed of 1.2 m/s. Your swimming speed relative to the w

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You are on the west bank of a river that is flowing north with aspeed of 1.2 m/s. Your swimming speed relative to the water is 1.5m/s and the river is 60 m wide. What is path relative to earth thatallow you cross the river in the shortest time. Explain yourreasoning. Be sure to explain fully, addressing the relevantunderlying material.
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