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KINEMATICS - SHEET: 13(LECTURE–15)

LEVEL - I

1. A boat is sent across a river with a velocity of 8 km/hr. If the resultant velocity of boat is 10 km/hr, then velocity
of the river is :
(A) 10 km/hr (B) 8 km/hr (C) 6 km/hr (D) 4 km/hr

2. A boat is moving with velocity of 3ˆi  4 ˆj in river (wrt ground) and water is moving with a velocity of  3ˆi  4 ˆj
with respect to ground. Relative velocity of boat with respect to water is :
(A)  6ˆi  8 ˆj (B) 6ˆi  8 ˆj (C) 8 î (D) 6 î

3 A swimmer can swim in still water with a speed of 5 m/s. While crossing a river his average speed is 3 m/s.
If he cross the river in the shortest possible time, what is the speed of flow of water?

4. A river is flowing from W to E with a speed of 5 m/min. A man can swim in still water with a velocity 10 m/min.
In which direction should the man swim so as to take the shortest possible path to go to the south.
(A) 30° with downstream (B) 60° with downstream
(C) 120° with downstream (D) South

5. A man can swim in still water at 6 km/h. He want to reach a point just opposite his
starting point. In which direction he should swim, if the river is flowing at 3 km/h ?
.

6. In the above problem, calculate the time taken by the man to cross the river at right angles to the flow; if the
width of the river is 3 km.

7. A man wants to cross a river in least time. In which direction he should swim, if the river is flowing at a speed
of 10 m/sec.

8. In the figure shown a river of width 4 km is flowing with the speed of 5 B

km/h. A swimmer whose swimming speed relative to the water is 4
km/h, starts swimming from a point A on a bank. On the other bank B is
a point which is directly opposite to A. What minimum distance (in km)
5 km/h
the swimmer will have to walk on the other bank to reach the point B.

9. A motor boat is to reach at a point 30 upstream on other side of a river

flowing with velocity 5 m/s. Velocity of motor boat with respect to water vr
is 5 3 m/sec. Calculate the angle at which the driver should steer the 300
boat

10. A boat is moving towards east with velocity 4 m/s with respect to still water and river is flowing towards north
with velocity 2 m/s and the wind is blowing towards north with velocity 6 m/s. Determine the direction of the
flag blown over by the wind hoisted on the boat

LEVEL - II
1. A raft is moving in a river with speed of 10 m/s and a cycle is moving with a speed
of 15 m/s in the direction shown. Find the speed of the river as seen by the cyclist. 10 m/s x

y
0
x
37

15 m/s

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2. A river is flowing with a speed of 1 km/hr. A swimmer wants to go to point 1 km/hr B C

‘C’ starting from ‘A’. He swims with a speed of 5 km/hr, at an angle  w.r.t.
the river. If AB = BC = 400 m. The value of 

A

3. Width of a river is 60 m. A swimmer wants to cross the C B

river such that he reaches from A to B directly. Point B
is 45 m ahead of line AC (perpendicular to river)
Assume speed of river and speed of swimmer as River Flow
equal. Swimmer must try to swim at angle  with line 
AC. Determine value of 
A

4. A river is flowing from west to east. A boat is sailing with its sail open such that wind imparts motion to the
boat. The wind is blowing from east to west. The boat has to cross the river in least time. Assume the banks
of the river to be parallel. In this case,
(A) the resultant of the velocities of river, wind and boat must be in a direction perpendicular to the banks of
river
(B) the boat’s velocity must be in a direction perpendicular to the banks of river
(C) minimum time will depend upon the velocities of river and wind
(D) none of the above

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KINEMATICS – SHEET – 13(LECTURE–15)
ANSWERS
LEVEL – I

B C
1. (C) Given AB  Velocity of boat= 8 km/hr
AC  Resultant velocity of boat = 10 km/hr
BC  Velocity of river  AC 2  AB 2 
2 2
 (10 )  (8 )  6 km / hr
A

2. (B) The relative velocity of boat w.r.t. water

 v boat  v water  (3 ˆi  4 ˆj)  (3 ˆi  4 ˆj)  6 ˆi  8 ˆj
3. 2 m/s
(v r t)2  (v mr t)2
3. Avg. speed 3 
t
 v 2r  5  9
 vr  2m / s
4. (C) For shortest possible path man should swim with an angle (90+) with vR
W E
downstream.
vr 5 1 
From the fig, sin       = 30° vm
v m 10 2
So angle with downstream = 90   30   120  vR

5.  = 30°; against the current from normal to the direction of flow.

The man should swim along MD in order to reach at N from M;
 sin = 3/6 =1/2
or,  = 30°.
6. 20 minute.
7. at right angles to flow.
8. 3

8. The velocity triangle is drawn

in the adjacent figure: AP = Q
velocity of river water, PQ = velocity of swimmer with
 4
respect to water, and AQ the resultant. For maximum  90
(i.e., for minimum drift) AQ will be tangent to the circle of all
 A 5 P
possible choices for PQ .
4
sin  
5
4
tan  
3
x = 3 km
9. 30
  
9. The velocity of motor boat is given as vm  vmw  v w 5

5 5 3 120
 
sin  sin120
53 30
 sin  = ½   = 30


10. north-west
   
10. v Bg  v BR  v Rg  4iˆ  2 ˆj  vR  2ˆj
 v wB
v wg  6iˆ
   45
v wB  v w  vB  6iˆ  4ˆj  2ˆj  2iˆ  2ˆj

direction will be north-west vB  4iˆ
LEVEL - II

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1. 484  81  565
1. Velocity of river,

v R vR = 10 î
velocity of cyclist

v C = -15 cos 370 î – 15 sin 370 ĵ [1]
  
v R / C = vR  v C
= 10 î – (-12 î – 9 ĵ ) = 22 î + 9 ĵ .

| vR / C | = 484  81  565

2. 53
2. Condition for reaching the point C 
vM
1
5 sin(  45) 
2
5(sin   cos ) 1
  
2 2 45
On solving,  = 53 
vR
3. 16º.

45 vR
3. tan      37
60
since, VS = VR, 53º
53º =  + 37º vS
 37º
 = 16º.

4. B

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