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River Boat Question That's Throwing Me Off
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[QUOTE="Nathanael, post: 5005700, member: 509990"] Using pythagorean's theorem to add vectors only works if they are perpendicular. So if the man pointed his boat directly east (which is perpendicular to north) then your answer for the speed would be correct. However the man does not point his boat directly east. The man points his boat in such a way that "his landing point is due east relative to his initial position." So what does this mean about part (e)? And what about part (b)? (Do those two parts first, they require no calculations.) Then do part (c) then do part (a) then do part (d). [/QUOTE]
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