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You're rowing a boat perpindicular to the shore of a river that is flowing at 3 m/s. The velocity of you're boat is 4 m/s relative to the water. What is the velocity of your boat relative to the shore? and what is the component of your velocity parallel to the shore?

2007-09-17 12:26:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

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Parallel is the speed of the river: 3 m/s

the v relative to shore is
sqrt(9+16)
or 5 m/s
at and angle of
ATAN(3/4)

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2007-09-17 12:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0 0

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