The discussion focuses on calculating the velocity of a river and a boat navigating across it. The river flows at 90 degrees, while the boat is steered at 297 degrees, achieving a net velocity of 6 m/s across the river. Participants confirm that the scenario can be modeled as a right triangle, where the hypotenuse represents the boat's velocity, and the two legs represent the river's velocity and the net velocity. The sine rule is suggested for determining the angles and velocities involved.
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tregeat said:wait so i found the angle between the current and the boat but what are the other two angles?
learningphysics said:It's actually a right triangle... the hypoteneuse is the velocity of the boat... the two legs of the right triangle are the river velocity and the net velocity of 6m/s to the right.