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Posted by Kaitlyn on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:31pm.

A river is flowing 4.0 m/s to the east. A boater on the south shore plans to reach a dock on the north shore 30.0 Degrees downriver by heading directly across the river. What should be the boat's speed relative to the water?

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, February 6, 2012 at 6:12pm
Sin30=4/V

solve for V

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