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A person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point on the bank of a stream is swimming with a speed of 0.5 m/s at an angle of 120 0 with the direction of flow of water. The speed of water in the stream is
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v = velocity of stream. Resultant of u and v must be R
\(u = 0.5 \mathrm{ms}^{-1}, R = \text{resultant velocity}\)
\(v = u \sin 30^\circ\)
\(= 0.5 \times \frac{1}{2} = 0.25 \, \mathrm{ms}^{-1}\)
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