Coast Guard rescue swimmers are trained to leap from helicopters into the sea to save boaters in

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Coast Guard rescue swimmers are trained to leap from helicopters into the sea to save boaters in distress. The rescuers like to step off their helicopter when it is "ten and ten," which means that it is ten feet above the water and moving forward horizontally at ten knots. What are

(a) The speed

(b) The direction of motion as a rescue swimmer enters the water following a ten and ten jump?

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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