The driver of a motorboat that can move at 10 m/s in still water wishes to travel directly across a narrow?

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strait in which the current flows at 5.0 m/s. At what angle upstream should the driver head the boat?

2007-02-01 11:56:24 · 1 answers · asked by sakinah_123 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

The upstream component of the 10 m/s has to equal 5 m/s. The upstream component is 10*cos(theta).

2007-02-01 12:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by sojsail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋