A Criss Craft Racing Runabout boat can travel at speeds up to 52 mph relative to the water. The boat is trying to reach a destination on a river that is S48°E of its point of departure. If the current is traveling at 6 knots in a southward direction, what compass reading should the boat maintain to reach its destination? How fast is the boat actually traveling relative to the shore? Also, if the destination is 50 miles from the point of departure, how long will it take the boat to reach its destination? (1 knot =1.15077945 mph). Pls!
oops. I see the current is 6 knots, not 6 mi/hr.
That is 6.9 mi/hr
That changes the calculations to
w^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x/w = tan42°, so w = x/tan42° = 1.11x
Now we have
(1.11x)^2 + (x-6.9)^2 = 52^2
x = 37.73
so w = 41.88
tanθ = 31.73/41.88, so θ = 37.15°
The boat's heading is thus E37.15°S, but its actual travel is E42°S=S48°E
and the actual distance traveled is z, where w/z = sin42°
That is, z = 41.88/sin42° = 62.59 mi
But we want to travel only 50 mi, which will take
50/62.59 hours, or 47.93 minutes
consider the diagram where the boat travels for 1 hour. Let
A = departure point
B = final location
C = point 6 mi due North of B (because the current is 6 mi/hr)
E = point due East of A and due North of B
w = AE
x = BE
θ = the angle between AE and AC
Now we know that
w^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x/w = tan42°, so w = x/tan42° = 1.11x
Now we have
(1.11x)^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x = 37.37
so w = 41.48
tanθ = 31.37/41.48, so θ = 37.1°
The boat's heading is thus E27.1°S, but its actual travel is E42°S=S48°E
and the actual distance traveled is z, where w/z = sin42°
That is, z = 41.48/sin42° = 62 mi
But we want to travel only 50 mi, which will take
50/62 hours, or 48.39 minutes
Therefore, the compass reading the boat should maintain to reach its destination is E27.1°S and the boat is actually traveling at a speed of 47.28 mph (52 mph - 4.8 mph due to the current). The boat will take approximately 48.39 minutes to reach its destination.
Therefore, the corrected compass reading the boat should maintain to reach its destination is E37.15°S and the boat is actually traveling at a speed of 45.1 mph (52 mph - 6.9 mph due to the current). The boat will take approximately 47.93 minutes to reach its destination.
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To determine the compass reading the boat should maintain to reach its destination, we need to consider both the boat's speed and the current's effect on its path.
First, let's convert the boat's speed to knots. Since 1 knot is equivalent to 1.15077945 mph, the boat's speed in knots would be 52 mph / 1.15077945 = approximately 45.14 knots.
To counteract the current's effect, the boat needs to steer slightly upstream. We can calculate the angle required by using trigonometry. Let's assume the boat's original direction is the positive x-axis and the current is in the negative y-axis. Since the destination is S48°E of the point of departure, the angle between the boat's heading and the negative y-axis would be (90° - 48°) = 42°.
The angle required to reach the destination can be found using the inverse tangent (tan⁻¹) of the ratio of the current's speed (6 knots) to the boat's speed (45.14 knots).
tan⁻¹(6/45.14) = approximately 7.66°
Therefore, the boat should maintain S48°E + 7.66° = S40.34°E (rounded to two decimal places) as its compass reading to reach its destination.
To calculate the boat's speed relative to the shore, we need to use vector addition. The boat's speed relative to the water (52 mph) and the current's speed (-6 knots) can be treated as vectors.
The boat's speed in mph relative to the shore can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem:
v^2 = (52 mph)^2 + (-6 knots * 1.15077945 mph/knot)^2
v^2 ≈ 2704 + (-40.38)^2
v^2 ≈ 2704 + 1630.50
v^2 ≈ 4334.50
v ≈ √4334.50
v ≈ 65.88 mph
Therefore, the boat is actually traveling at approximately 65.88 mph relative to the shore.
To calculate the time it takes for the boat to reach its destination, we can use the formula:
Time = Distance / Speed
The distance between the point of departure and the destination is given as 50 miles. Considering the boat's speed relative to the shore (65.88 mph), we have:
Time = 50 miles / 65.88 mph
Time ≈ 0.759 hours
Therefore, it will take approximately 0.759 hours (or 45.5 minutes) for the boat to reach its destination.