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Chapter 1 Problem 63

Question

Weddell seals foraging in open water dive toward the ocean bottom by swimming forward in a straight-line path tipped below the horizontal. The tracking data for one seal showed it taking 4.0 min to descend 360 m below the surface while moving 920 m horizontally.

a. What was the angle of the seal's path below the horizontal?

b. What distance did the seal cover in making this dive?

c. What was the seal's speed, in m/s?

Solution

Problem 63

Weddell seals foraging in open water dive toward the oceanBIO bottom by swimming forward in a straight-line path tipped below the horizontal. The tracking data for one seal showedit taking 4.0 min to descend 360 m below the surface while moving 920 m horizontally.

a. What was the angle of the seal's path below the horizontal?

b. What distance did the seal cover in making this dive?

c. What was the seal' s speed, in m/s?

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Title College Physics: A Strategic Approach 3 
Author Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones Stuart Field
ISBN 9780321879721

Weddell seals foraging in open water dive toward the oceanBIO bottom by swimming forward

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