A man exerts a force on a large couch by pushing on it. Which of the following must be a true statement about the couch after he begins pushing? A. The couch will maintain a constant acceleration due to the man's push.
B. The couch will remain at rest.
C. The couch will remain at rest if the push does not overcome the force of friction.
D. The couch will accelerate and then remain at a constant velocity.

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

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