A river is moving east at 5 m/s. A boat starts from the dock heading 27° north of west at 8 m/s. If the river is 2,300 m wide, answer the following. (a) What is the velocity of the boat with respect to Earth? (Enter the magnitude in m/s and the direction in degrees west of north.) magnitude |m/s direction ° west of north (b) How long (in min) does it take the boat to cross the river? min

A river is moving east at 5 m/s. A boat starts from the dock heading 27° north of west at 8 m/s. If the river is 2,300 m wide, answer the following. (a) What is the velocity of the boat with respect to Earth? (Enter the magnitude in m/s and the direction in degrees west of north.) magnitude |m/s direction ° west of north (b) How long (in min) does it take the boat to cross the river? min

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A river is moving east at 5 m/s. A boat starts from the dock heading 27° north of west at 8 m/s. If the river is 2,300 m wide, answer the following.
(a) What is the velocity of the boat with respect to Earth? (Enter the magnitude in m/s and the direction in degrees west of north.)
magnitude
|m/s
direction
° west of north
(b) How long (in min) does it take the boat to cross the river?
min

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