consider you and two friends are floating down a river in floating tubes. The th

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consider you and two friends are floating down a river in floating tubes. The three of you are in a line ( as shown in the pictures below) and you are in the exact middle of your two friends.Given the current of the river by the arrow , if you started swimming towards of your friends, which would you reach first.Explain.(the stars are you and your friends)

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Explanation / Answer

i would reach the third person first . if the person 2 swims in the backward direction then his acceleration would decrease with respect to the first and third person and since there is no change in the acceleration of the third and first person, i would (second person) reach third person first .

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