A river flows due south with a speed of 2.0 m/s. You steer a motorboat across the river; your velocity relative to the water is 3.7 m/s due east. The river is 600 m wide. What is the magnitude of your velocity relative to the earth? What is the direction of your velocity relative to the earth? How much time is required to cross the river?

A river flows due south with a speed of 2.0 m/s. You steer a motorboat across the river; your velocity relative to the water is 3.7 m/s due east. The river is 600 m wide. What is the magnitude of your velocity relative to the earth? What is the direction of your velocity relative to the earth? How much time is required to cross the river?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

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