Question

A river has a steady speed of vs. A student swims upstream a distance d and back to the starting point. (a) If the student can swim at a speed of v in still water, how much time tup does it take the student to swim upstream a distance d? Express the answer in terms of d, v, and vs. tup = Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. (b) Using the same variables, how much time tdown does it takes to swim back downstream to the starting point? tdown = Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. Your answer cannot be understood or graded. More Information

Answer 1

he speed of the student relative to shore is

v_ up = v- vs

v _down = v+ vs

The time required to travel distance d upstream
is

t_up = d/ v_up = d/ v- vs

(2)

The time required to swim the same distance d downstream is

t_down = d/ v_down = d/ v+ vs