Which of the following statement best define tides? a. when waves get bigger because of an approaching storm b. the rise and fall of ocean water that occurs about every 12.5 hours c. the rise of ocean water that occurs 12 times a day d. a giant wave that can be extremely dangerous without warning

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