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The wind is blowing 25 miles an hour and you are drifting in a boat in the same direction the wind is blowing[which does'nt happen but for this question it does]and you go to fly a kite,what is that kite going to do?
2007-12-27 07:43:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Oops, the boat is drifting the same direction AND speed,Sorry I muffed the question
2007-12-27 08:03:23 · update #1
You didn't say whether the boat is drifting at the same SPEED as the wind. If it is, then you will "feel" as though the air is calm, and you won't be able to launch the kite at all.
Another way to look at it: The kite does travel at 25 mph in the direction of the wind--but so does the ball of string. Therefore, there's never any tension in the string. You can't fly the kite.
2007-12-27 07:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by RickB 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
maybe the kite goes the same direction the boat drifts and the air blows
2007-12-27 15:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You will drift faster in that direction, because the kite will add more surface area for the wind to push against.
2007-12-27 15:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by WhatWasThatNameAgain? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The kite will catch the wind and pull on the boat causing you to drift faster. (I cannot assume you are drifting at wind speed)
2007-12-27 16:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋