
A man wishes to cross a river in a boat. If he crosses the river in minimum time, he takes with a drift of . If he crosses the river taking the shortest route, he takes . Find the velocity of the boat with respect to water.

Important Questions on Kinematics II
(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?



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.
