Two people take identical Jet Skis acrossa river, traveling at the same speed relative to the water. Jet Ski Aheads directly across the river and is carried downstream by thecurrent before reaching the opposite shore. Jet Ski B travels in adirection that is 35° upstream and arrives at the opposite shoredirectly across from the starting point. (a) Which Jet Ski reachesthe opposite shore in the least amount of time? (b) Confirm youranswer to part (a) by finding the ratio of the time it takes for thetwo Jet Skis to cross the river

Two people take identical Jet Skis acrossa river, traveling at the same speed relative to the water. Jet Ski Aheads directly across the river and is carried downstream by thecurrent before reaching the opposite shore. Jet Ski B travels in adirection that is 35° upstream and arrives at the opposite shoredirectly across from the starting point. (a) Which Jet Ski reachesthe opposite shore in the least amount of time? (b) Confirm youranswer to part (a) by finding the ratio of the time it takes for thetwo Jet Skis to cross the river

University Physics Volume 1

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