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A girl standing at point P on a beach wishes to reach a point Q in the sea as quickly as possible. She can run at 6 km h–1 on the beach and swim at 4 km h–1 in the sea. She should take the path

(A) PAQ

(B) PBQ

(C) PCQ

(D) PDQ

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by kratos
 
Best answer

Correct option (C) PCQ

Explanation:

In beach velocity is higher

∴ beach is rarer and sea is denser medium

So when it go from rarer to denser medium it bend toward normal to reach in minimum time.

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