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ISBN: 9780321976444

Author: James S. Walker

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 26, Problem 7CQ

A swimmer at point 8 in Figure 26-55 needs help Two lifeguards depart simultaneously from their tower at point A, but they follow different paths Although both lifeguards run with equal speed on the sand and swim with equal speed in the water, the lifeguard who follows the longer path, ACB, arrives at point B before the lifeguard who follows the shorter, straight-line path from A to B Explain.

Chapter 26, Problem 7CQ, A swimmer at point 8 in Figure 26-55 needs help Two lifeguards depart simultaneously from their

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