A motorboat traveling 5 m/s, East encounters a current traveling 2.5 m/s, North. a. What is the resultant velocity of the motor boat? b. If the width of the river is 80 meters wide, then how much time does it take the boat to travel shore to shore? c. What distance downstream does the boat reach the opposite shore?

A motorboat traveling 5 m/s, East encounters a current traveling 2.5 m/s, North. a. What is the resultant velocity of the motor boat? b. If the width of the river is 80 meters wide, then how much time does it take the boat to travel shore to shore? c. What distance downstream does the boat reach the opposite shore?

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A motorboat traveling 5 m/s,
East encounters a current
traveling 2.5 m/s, North.
a. What is the resultant
velocity of the motor boat?
b. If the width of the river is
80 meters wide, then how
much time does it take the
boat to travel shore to
shore?
c. What distance
downstream does the boat
reach the opposite shore?

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