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A boat heads directly east across a river with a velocity of 15 m/s. If the river flows south at 6.0 m/s find the boats resultant Velocity.

A boat heads directly east across a river with a velocity of 15 m/s. If the river flows south at 6.0 m/s find the boats resultant Velocity.
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A boat heads directly east across a river with a velocity of 15 m/s. If the river flows south at 6.0 m/s find the boats resultant Velocity.

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You can use Pythagoras’ Theorem to find the resulting velocity. Answer is therefore 16.2m/s
A boat heads directly east across a river with a velocity of 15 m/s. If the river-example-1
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