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

A

1.82 min

B

20 min

C

4 min

D

4.8 min

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