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A man can swim with speed `5 ms^(-1)` in still river while the river is also flowing speed `10ms ^(-1)` If the width of the river is 100 m then minimum possible drift is

A

100 m

B

0

C

`100 sqrt(3) m`

D

`100 sqrt(2) m`

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C
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