A small, battery-powered, electric motorboat that can travel at a speed of 1.80 m/s in still water is operating in a river with a flow speed of 1.35 m/s. For each of the following two cases, determine the requested information for a river that is 220 m wide. (a) Case 1: when the boat is pointed straight across the river, determine the speed Vbl of the boat as viewed by someone on land, the distance d the boat is swept downstream before reaching the other side, and the time ti it takes the boat to make the crossing. Vbl = m/s d = t1 = (b) Case 2: if the boat operator wants to land the boat straight across the river from the launch site, determine the speed Vbl of the boat as viewed by someone on land, the angle B upstream at which the boat should be pointed, and the time tz it takes the boat to make the crossing. Vbl = m/s t2 =

A small, battery-powered, electric motorboat that can travel at a speed of 1.80 m/s in still water is operating in a river with a flow speed of 1.35 m/s. For each of the following two cases, determine the requested information for a river that is 220 m wide. (a) Case 1: when the boat is pointed straight across the river, determine the speed Vbl of the boat as viewed by someone on land, the distance d the boat is swept downstream before reaching the other side, and the time ti it takes the boat to make the crossing. Vbl = m/s d = t1 = (b) Case 2: if the boat operator wants to land the boat straight across the river from the launch site, determine the speed Vbl of the boat as viewed by someone on land, the angle B upstream at which the boat should be pointed, and the time tz it takes the boat to make the crossing. Vbl = m/s t2 =

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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