Speed is calculated by taking blank divided by time.

The answer is Distance.

Explanation:

Speed is the physical magnitude that shows and expresses the variation in terms of the position of an object and as a function of time, that is, it is the distance traveled by an object in the unit of time.

It is expressed by the following formula:

where (v) represents speed (d) represents distance (t) represents time.

when jerome paddle in flowing river towards east the net speed of jerome will increase

so the net speed of jerome will be given as

now the speed of paul will be same as it is given as he is running on the ground

so

so here we can say since the speed of jerome is more so he will win the race

now as we know the distance so the time difference is given as

so jerome will reach first and the time difference will be 203.55 s or 3.4 min