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If the boat travels with the same speed of 10 km/hr relative to the river and is to travel due north as shown in the figure on the right, what should the angle theta be?
Hint: The boat has to fight the stream to cancel the river's velocity.
Transcribed Image Text:- Question 10 In a river, you are in a boat that floats still relative to the water. If the water in the river has a uniform speed of 5 km/hr due east relative to the Earth (V₁.E = 5ikm/hr). W-f S ✓br W E Question 11 VIE • Then you start an engine of the boat crossing the river with a speed of 10 km/hr relative to water. If the boat heads due north (Vb.r = 10j km/hr) what is the speed of the boat relative to earth |Vb.El ?. Answer in km/hr DE VIE If the boat travels with the same speed of 10 km/hr relative to the river and is to travel due north as shown in the figure on the right, what should the angle theta be? Hint: The boat has to fight the stream to cancel the river's velocity.
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