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 swimmer is capable of swimming 0.60 m/s in stillwater, (a) If she aims her body directly across a 55-m-wideriver whose current is 0.50 m/s, how far downstream (from apoint opposite her starting point) will she land? (b) Howlong will it take her to reach the other side?
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The first step in solving 3 problem number 67 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: A swimmer is capable of swimming 0.60 m/s in stillwater, (a) If she aims her body directly across a 55-m-wideriver whose current is 0.50 m/s, how far downstream (from apoint opposite her starting point) will she land? (b) Howlong will it take her to reach the other side?
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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