A swimmer can swim in still water with a speed of underoot 5 m/s. While crossing a river his average speed is 3m/s . If he crosses the river in shortest possible time, what is the speed of flow of water?

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For shortest possible time, he should attempt to swim in perpendicular (to the length of river) direction. And he will be swayed by the flow of river. 5 + n^2 = 3^2 ... yielding n = 2 m/s
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