For any object, the greater the force that's applied to it, the greater its will be.

For any object, the greater the force that's applied to it, the greater its acceleration will be.

Explanation:

The statement can be explained using Newton's second law of motion that states, "A net Force 'F' applied on a body produces acceleration 'a' in it which is directly proportion to the Force applied and inversely proportional to the mass of the object."

We can conclude:

F ∝ a

when jerome paddle in flowing river towards east the net speed of jerome will increase

so the net speed of jerome will be given as

now the speed of paul will be same as it is given as he is running on the ground

so

so here we can say since the speed of jerome is more so he will win the race

now as we know the distance so the time difference is given as

so jerome will reach first and the time difference will be 203.55 s or 3.4 min