A man is swimming in a lake in a direction of 30° East of North with a speed of 5 km/h and a cyclist is going on a road along the lake shore towards East at a speed of 10 km/h. In what direction and with what speed would the man appear to swim to the cyclist.
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30º N of W at 
km/h.
Sol.
= 5 sin 30 
+ 5 cos 30º 
– 10 
= 
Speed = 
= 
km/hr
tan θ = 
; direction θ = 30º North of west.
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