Physics

Physics

Problem

A rescue boat needs to cross a river of width w=200 mw = 200\,\text{m} to reach the other side in the minimum possible time to attend to an emergency. The boat has a maximum speed of 5 m/s5\,\text{m/s} in still water. If the river current increases from 2 m/s2\,\text{m/s} to 4 m/s4\,\text{m/s} due to heavy rain, by how much does the minimum crossing time change?

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