Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 3 - Vectors in Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 79: 50

Answer

$6.4s$

Work Step by Step

First of all, we find the velocity of the boat relative to water as $\vec{v_{bw}}=6.1\frac{m}{s}cso25^{\circ}\hat x+6.1\frac{m}{s}sin25^{\circ}\hat y$ $\vec{v_{bw}}=(5.5\frac{m}{s})\hat x+(2.y6)\hat y$ We find the velocity of the boat relative to the ground as: $\vec{v_{bg}}=(5.5\frac{m}{s})\hat x+(2.6\frac{m}{s}-1.4\frac{m}{s})\hat y$ $\vec{v_{bg}}=(5.5\frac{m}{s})\hat x+(1.2\frac{m}{s})\hat y$ Now we can find the required time: $t=\frac{\Delta x}{v_{bg,x}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $t=\frac{35}{5.5}$ $t=6.4s$
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