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A swimmer is capable of swimming `1.65 ms^(-1)` in still water.If she swims directily across a `180m` wide river whose current is `0.85 ms^(-1)`,how far downstreams (from a point opposite her starting point ) will she reach?

A

92.7m

B

40m

C

48m

D

20m

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