Q. A swimmer reaches the other bank Of a flowing river exactly opposite to the starting pent. If he was swimming at 2 km/hr while maintaining 150 ° with the flow, then time taken by him to cross the river 
1 km wide is 
(1) 30 min       
(2) 1 hr 
(3) 2 hrs 
(4) 20 min 

the compoenent of the swimmer velocity perpendicular to the current=vcos150-90=2cos60=1 km/htime taken =1 km1km/h= 1hrRegards

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