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A girl starts rowing across an H kilometers wide river as shown in the Fig-
ure. She reaches across the river. The river flows at a constant speed of V
horizontally. The girl starts rowing with velocity vo in the vertical direction.
Find the displacement of the girl in the horizontal direction.
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Transcribed Image Text:A girl starts rowing across an H kilometers wide river as shown in the Fig- ure. She reaches across the river. The river flows at a constant speed of V horizontally. The girl starts rowing with velocity vo in the vertical direction. Find the displacement of the girl in the horizontal direction. エ ^>
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