Q.
A man can swim with speed 5ms−1 in still river while the river is also flowing with speed 10ms−1 . If the width of the river is 100m then minimum possible drift is
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Solution:
Let the man swim with an angle θ with upstream , By using the concept of relative velocity with respect to river and substituting given values, Drift=(10−5cosθ)5sinθ100
Differentiate this find θ at extremum & then put θ value in the formula
Drift =1003m .