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Posted by jaco on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 10:33am.

A 200-m-wide river flows due east at a uniform speed of 2.0 m/s. A boat with a speed of 8.0 m/s relative to the water leaves the south bank pointed in a direction west of north. What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction of the boat’s velocity relative to the ground? (c) How long does the boat take to cross the river?

science - Henry, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 4:10pm
a. Vbg = 8 + 2 = 10m/s.

b. The boat is bointing how many degrees West of North?

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