VELOCITY VECTORS

• A boat heads across a 150 meter river with a speed of 10 m/s. The current flows at a rate of 5 m/s. What is the boat’s resultant velocity ?

• A 15 m/s straight across

• B 11.2 m/s, 26.6 degrees downstream

• C 8.7 m/s, 26.6 degrees upstream

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