A motorboat travels at 12.4 m/s. It heads east straight across a river 168 m wide....

 

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A motorboat travels at 12.4 m/s. It heads east straight across a river 168 m wide. A. If the water flows down (south) at a rate of 4.7 m/s, and the wind blows up (north) at a rate of 1.2 m/s, what is the boat's resultant velocity? B. How long does it take the boat to reach the opposite shore? C. How far down the river is the boat after 10 seconds? A motorboat travels at 12.4 m/s. It heads east straight across a river 168 m wide. A. If the water flows down (south) at a rate of 4.7 m/s, and the wind blows up (north) at a rate of 1.2 m/s, what is the boat's resultant velocity? B. How long does it take the boat to reach the opposite shore? C. How far down the river is the boat after 10 seconds?

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