river

A river flows 1.5 miles an hour.(a) In what direction must a man swim in order to go straight across if his rate of swimming in still water is 2.5 miles an hour?(b) How long will it take him to cross the river if it is 1/ mile wide?

Solids For Which V=Bh

Imagine a cube measuring 3 units on an edge, and having its total surface area painted blue. Without the aid of a figure, answer the following questions.
(A) How many times must you cut completely through the cube to make cubes which measure 1 unit on an edge?
(B) How many of the cubes of question (A) will have
(a) Three blue faces?
(b) Two blue faces?
(c) One blue face?
(d) No blue face?
(C) How many cubes are there in all?