A boat travels between two riverside cities, A and B, located 21 miles apart. The river flows in the direction from A to B at 2 mph. The boat takes a total of 10 hours to make a round trip from A to B and back to A again. How long does it take the boat to make the one-way trip from A to B if the boats speed remailer constant relative to the speed of the river in each direction

The time taken by the boat to make the one-way trip from A to B = 3 hrs

Explanation:

Distance between A & B = 21 mile

Velocity of river ( v ) = 2

Total time taken ( T )= 10 hours

By solving above equation we get

u = 5

The time taken by the boat to make the one-way trip from A to B

T = 3 hours

This is the time taken by the boat to make the one-way trip from A to B.

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.