document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892581>Question 892581</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man can swim with a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of 4km/h in still water. How long<BR>\n" );
document.write( "does he take to cross a river 1km wide if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the river flows steadily at 3km/h and he<BR>\n" );
document.write( "makes his strokes normal to the river<BR>\n" );
document.write( "current? How far down the river does he go<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when he reaches the other bank?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "speed of 4km/h in still water. How long<BR>\n" );
document.write( "does he take to cross a river 1km wide if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the river flows steadily at 3km/h and he<BR>\n" );
document.write( "makes his strokes normal to the river<BR>\n" );
document.write( "current?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = d/r = 1/4 hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How far down the river does he go<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when he reaches the other bank?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 km/hr * 1/4 hr = 3/4 km </SPAN>\n" );
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