A river has a steady speed of vg. 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 t.n does it take the student to swim upstream a distance d? Express your answer in terms of d, v, and v tup = v+ v (b) Using the same variables, how much time tdown does it takes to swim back downstream to the starting point? d tdown = v+vs

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A river has a steady speed of ve. 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 t.. does it take the student to swim upstream a distance d? Express your answer in terms of d, v, andv
tup =
v+ v.
(b) Using the same variables, how much time tdown does it takes to swim back downstream to the starting point?
d
tdown =
v+vs
Transcribed Image Text:A river has a steady speed of ve. 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 t.. does it take the student to swim upstream a distance d? Express your answer in terms of d, v, andv tup = v+ v. (b) Using the same variables, how much time tdown does it takes to swim back downstream to the starting point? d tdown = v+vs
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