A swimmer can swim with velocity |RELATIVEMOTIONJEEMain2021

JEE MAIN 2021

16-03-2021 S2

Question

A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/h in still water. Water flowing in a river has velocity 6 km/h. The direction with respect to the direction of flow of river water he should swim in order to reach the point on the other bank just opposite to his starting point is _________°. (Round off to the Nearest Integer) (find the angle in degree)

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$\begin{array}{ll}12 \sin \theta=v_r & \Rightarrow \sin \theta=\frac{1}{2} \\ \theta=30^{\circ} & \Rightarrow \therefore \alpha=120^{\circ}\end{array}$

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