
A man can swim at a rate of in still water. A wide river flows at the rate of . The man wishes to swim across the river directly opposite to the starting point.
(a) Along which direction must the man swim?
(b) What should be his resultant velocity?
(c) How much time will he take to cross the river?

Important Questions on Kinematics II


A river is flowing with a speed of . A swimmer wants to go to point starting from . He swims with a speed of at an angle w.r.t. the river flow. If , at what angle with the river bank should the swimmer swim?

A man wants to swim in a river from to and back from to always following line . The distance between points and is . The velocity of the river current is constant over the entire width of the river. The line makes an angle with the direction of current. The man moves with velocity at angle to the line . The man swim to cover distance and back, find the time taken to complete the journey.

A man walking due east with observes rain falling vertically at the rate of . Find the actual speed and direction of the rain with respect to ground.


(a) Find the velocity with which the man should move so that rain appears to fall vertically to him.
(b) Now if he further increases his speed, rain again appears to fall at with the vertical. Find his new velocity.

A person standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at with the vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella and starts running at . He find that rain drops are hitting his head vertically. Find the speed of the rain drops with respect to
(a) the road and
(b) the moving person.
