$A$ boat having a speed of $5 \, km/hr$ in still water crosses a river of width $1 \, km$ along the shortest possible path in $15 \, minutes$. Find the speed of the river in $km/hr$.

$A$ man swimming downstream overtakes a float at a point $M$. After travelling a distance $D$,he turns back and passes the float at a distance of $D/2$ from the point $M$. The ratio of the speed of the swimmer with respect to still water $(v_s)$ to the speed of the river $(v_r)$ is:

Two girls are standing at the ends $A$ and $B$ of a ground where $AB = b$. The girl at $B$ starts running in a direction perpendicular to $AB$ with velocity $V_1$. The girl at $A$ starts running simultaneously with velocity $V_2$ and meets the other girl in the shortest possible time $t$. The value of $t$ is:

$A$ swimmer can swim in still water with $5 \,m/s$. If a river is flowing with $4 \,m/s$, then find the time to cross the river of width $300 \,m$ if he has to reach the exactly opposite point.

$STATEMENT-1$ For an observer looking out through the window of a fast-moving train,the nearby objects appear to move in the opposite direction to the train,while the distant objects appear to be stationary.
$STATEMENT-2$ If the observer and the object are moving at velocities $\vec{V}_1$ and $\vec{V}_2$ respectively with reference to a laboratory frame,the velocity of the object with respect to the observer is $\vec{V}_2 - \vec{V}_1$.

Two particles having position vectors $r_1 = (3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j}) \text{ m}$ and $r_2 = (-5 \hat{i} - 3 \hat{j}) \text{ m}$ are moving with velocities $v_1 = (4 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j}) \text{ m/s}$ and $v_2 = (a \hat{i} + 7 \hat{j}) \text{ m/s}$. If they collide after $2 \text{ s}$,then the value of $a$ is: