A car is driven 225 km west and then 78 km southwest (45). What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin (magnitude and direction)? Draw a diagram.
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A person going for a morning jog on the deck of a cruiseship is running toward the bow (front) of the ship at 2.0 m/swhile the ship is moving ahead at 8.5 m/s. What is the velocityof the jogger relative to the water? Later, the jogger ismoving toward the stern (rear) of the ship. What is thejoggers velocity relative to the water now?
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The first step in solving 3 problem number 57 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: A person going for a morning jog on the deck of a cruiseship is running toward the bow (front) of the ship at 2.0 m/swhile the ship is moving ahead at 8.5 m/s. What is the velocityof the jogger relative to the water? Later, the jogger ismoving toward the stern (rear) of the ship. What is thejoggers velocity relative to the water now?
From the textbook chapter Kinematics in Two orKinematics in Two or
Three Dimensions; Vectors you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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