Discussion of the Question 02/96
The question was:Surface of a river has a slope. Can a body freely float in the water with velocity exceeding the velocity of the river.
Some people responded with the following argument: Obviously a body can slide on a frozen water (ice) provided the slope is steep enough; thus we have an example of motion faster than the stream. This answer is wrong because in the problem it was stated that the body floats in the water. Think what flotation implies...
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