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maintaining a constant velocity of 10.7 m/s due North relative to the water. The river is 459 m wide.

i already figured that the velocity of the boat is 10.76055761 m/s

but how far downstream has the boat moved by the time is reaches the North shore? answer in meters

2007-12-17 10:05:28 · 1 answers · asked by racecar 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

1 answers

The time it takes the boat to cross the river is
459/10.7
42.9 seconds

In that time the river carries the boat downstream (East) according to
1.41*42.9 m
60.5 m

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2007-12-18 04:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0 0

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