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Homework Statement



A boat capable of making 12.0 km/h in still water is used to cross a river flowing at speed of 2.0 km/h. The boat is directed (from the perpendicular to the shore) in such a way that its resulting motion is straight across the river.
At what angle (in degrees) must the boat be directed?
What is the resultant speed relative to the shore?


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That's the problem I am having. I have no clue how to set up this problem (I'm extremely new to physics).


The Attempt at a Solution


Again, no attempt yet because I am stuck on set up. Which is really all I need help with--just figuring out how to set it up, not the math. Thanks :)
 
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In order for the boat to make it straight across the river, it's going to have to aim for a point upstream, since the current is going to push downstream, right? (Think vector math)
 

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