A river of width 36 m with a speed of 
. A person in a boat at a point P on the bank of
the river wants to cross the river by the shortest path to reach a point Q directly opposite on the other bank. If he can row his boat with a speed of 
in still water, he rows his boat at an angle of
A
upstream with the line PQ B
downstream with the line PQ C
upstream with the line PQ D
downstream with the line PQ
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A
Horizontal drift is zero,
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