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Chapter3: Motion Along A Straight Line

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Your boat is moving at a speed of 15 miles per hour at an angle of 25° upstream on a river flowing at 4 miles per hour.The situation is illustrated in the figure.

a. Find the vector representing your boat’s velocity relative to the ground.
b. What is the speed of your boat, to the nearest mile per hour, relative to the ground?
c. What is the boat’s direction angle, to the nearest tenth of a degree, relative to the ground?

Boat's speed:
15 miles per hour
Water's
speed:
V
4 miles
per hour
EB
Boat's ve locity
relative to the ground

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