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A man is swimming against current such that his position with respect to the river bank remains unaltered. Is the man doing any work ?

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The relative displacement of the man with respect to the river bank is zero . So, no work is done by the man. The resistive force of river water just balances the force applied by the man . So, this case is similar to a force applied against static friction.
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