A person is swimming in a river with a current that has speed vR with respect to the shore. The swimmer first swims downstream (i.e. in the direction of the current) at a constant speed, vS, with respect to the water. The swimmer travels a distance D in a time tOut. The swimmer then changes direction to swim upstream (i.e. against the direction of the current) at a constant speed, vS, with respect to the water and returns to her original starting point (located a distance D from her turn-around point) in a time tIn. What is tOut in terms of vR, vS, and D, as needed?

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Answer:

The time taken is  [tex]t_{out} = \frac{D}{v__{R}} + v__{S}}}[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

     The speed of the current is  [tex]v__{R}}[/tex]

     The speed of the swimmer in direction of current is [tex]v__{S}}[/tex]

      The distance traveled by the swimmer is  [tex]D[/tex]

       The time taken to travel this distance is  [tex]t_{out}[/tex]

      The speed of the swimmer against  direction of current is  [tex]v__{s}}[/tex]

The resultant speed for downstream current is

       [tex]V_{r} = v__{S}} +v__{R}}[/tex]

The time taken can be mathematically represented as

      [tex]t_{out} = \frac{D}{V_{r}}[/tex]

      [tex]t_{out} = \frac{D}{v__{R}} + v__{S}}}[/tex]