Fish for entire process of jumping and swimming underwater

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Chinook salmon are able to move through water especially fast by jumping out of the water periodically. This behavior is called porpoising. Suppose a salmon swimming in still water jumps out of the water with velocity 6.59 m/s at 41.7° above the horizontal, sails through the air a distance L before returning to the water, and then swims the same distance L underwater in a straight, horizontal line with velocity 3.61 m/s before jumping out again.

a) Determine the average velocity of the fish for the entire process of jumping and swimming underwater.
m/s

b) Consider the time interval required to travel the entire distance of 2L. By what percentage is this time interval reduced by the jumping/swimming process compared with simply swimming underwater at 3.61 m/s?
%

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