A river has a steady speed of 0.330 m/s. A student swims upstream a distance of...

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A river has a steady speed of 0.330 m/s. A student swimsupstream a distance of 1.00 km and swims back to the startingpoint.

(a) If the student can swim at a speed of 1.10 m/s in stillwater, how long does the trip take?

__________ s

(b) How much time is required in still water for the same lengthswim?

__________ s

(c) Intuitively, why does the swim take longer when there is acurrent?

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So since the student swims 11 ms in still water heshe can swim 11 033 077 ms upstream and can swim 11 033 143 ms downstream a Going upstream at 077 ms how long does it    See Answer
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