Can you check this? Samantha swam upstream for some distance in one hour. She then swam downstream the same river for the same d
istance in only 12 minutes. If the river flows at 4 mph, how fast can Samantha swim in still water?
2 answers:
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Answer:
a) 2.33 m/s
b) 5.21 m/s
c) 882 m³
Explanation:
Using the concept of continuity equation
for flow through pipes
Where,
A = Area of cross-section
V = Velocity of fluid at the particular cross-section
given:
a)
substituting the values in the continuity equation, we get
or
or
b)
substituting the values in the continuity equation, we get
or
or
c) we have,
Discharge
thus from the given value, we get
Also,
Discharge
given time = 1 hour = 1 ×3600 seconds
substituting the value of discharge and time in the above equation, we get
or
volume of flow =