A river 400 m wide is flowing at a rate of $2 m/s$ . A boat is sailing at a velocity of 10.0 m/s with respect to the water, in a direction perpendicular to the river. Find the time (in seconds) taken by the person to reach the opposite bank at a point directly opposite to its starting point considering that after reaching the opposite bank, the person walks at $4 m/s$ if needed to reach the point directly opposite to its starting point.

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Solution

As it is given that boat is sailing in a direction normal to current.
Crossing velocity of boat is $= 10 m/s$ .
So time taken by the boat to reach the other bank is $= \frac{400}{10} = 40 s$
Drift due to flow of river is = Drift velocity $\times$ time to cross the river.
Drift $= 2 \times 40 = 80 m$
therefore, additional time $= \frac{80}{4} = 20 seconds$
So, the total time is $60 seconds$

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