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(Solved): 12) A 960m wide river flows at 16m/s as shown in the figure. Alice and John have a race in ide ...
12) A 960−m wide river flows at 16m/s as shown in the figure. Alice and John have a race in identical boats which each travel 20m/s in still water. Alice leaves point A and steers so that she goes straight to point B directly across and then back to A. John leaves point A and steers up to point C ( 960m upstream) and then returns to A. (a) Which person arrives back at point A first? (b) How much sooner than the loser does the winner arrive back at point A?