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A person swims directly across a 30m wide river towards a target location. The person swims at 0.83m/s and the river flows at 3m/s. When the person reaches the other side, how far down the river are they from their initial target?

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108 m

Explanation:

The time it takes to cross the river is:

(30 m) / (0.83 m/s) ≈ 36.1 s

The distance traveled parallel to the river is:

(36.1 s) (3 m/s) ≈ 108 m

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