A boat is sailing the pacific ocean at 32 km/h of 30 degrees North of West, when it encounters a wind that has an average speed of 17 km/hr going toward the direction of 20 degrees of south of east. The captain want to determine the Resultant Velocity if the boat. Use the component method given to solve for the vector resultant by filling the blanks in the table. Show your solutions in a paper.

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A boat is sailing the pacific ocean at 32 km/h of 30 degrees North of West, when it encounters a wind that has an average speed of 17 km/hr going toward the direction of 20 degrees of south of east. The captain want to determine the Resultant Velocity if the boat. Use the component method given to solve for the vector resultant by filling the blanks in the table. Show your solutions in a paper.

1. Complete the table below.
X - component
y- component
Velocity
(4 decimal places) (4 decimal places)
32 km/h,
ship
30° NofW
km/h
km/h
17 km/h,
wind
20° SofE
km/h
km/h
Transcribed Image Text:1. Complete the table below. X - component y- component Velocity (4 decimal places) (4 decimal places) 32 km/h, ship 30° NofW km/h km/h 17 km/h, wind 20° SofE km/h km/h
2. From the table above, the x- and y- components of the
resultant velocity are
km/h and
km/h, respectively. (Answers are in 4
decimal places.)
3. The ship's resultant velocity is therefore,
km/h,
o W of
.(Answers in 2 decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:2. From the table above, the x- and y- components of the resultant velocity are km/h and km/h, respectively. (Answers are in 4 decimal places.) 3. The ship's resultant velocity is therefore, km/h, o W of .(Answers in 2 decimal places.)
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