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Given information
A passenger on a boat moving at 
on a still lake walks up a flight of stairs at a speed of 
. The stairs are angled at 
pointing in the direction of motion.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Velocity of passenger relative to water 
Velocity of passenger relative to boat 
Velocity of boat relative to water
resolving the velocities in x and y directions:
Velocity of passenger relative to boat 
Velocity of boat relative to water 
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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Chapter
Section
- Problem 1
- Problem 2
- Problem 3
- Problem 4
- Problem 5a
- Problem 5b
- Problem 5c
- Problem 6a
- Problem 6b
- Problem 7a
- Problem 7b
- Problem 7c
- Problem 8a
- Problem 8c
- Problem 9a
- Problem 9b
- Problem 10a
- Problem 10b
- Problem 11
- Problem 12a
- Problem 12b
- Problem 13a
- Problem 13b
- Problem 13c
- Problem 14
- Problem 15
- Problem 16a
- Problem 16b
- Problem 17
- Problem 18
- Problem 19
- Problem 20
- Problem 21
- Problem 22
- Problem 23
- Problem 24
- Problem 25
- Problem 26a
- Problem 26b
- Problem 27a
- Problem 27b
- Problem 27c
- Problem 27d
- Problem 28a
- Problem 28b
- Problem 29
- Problem 30
- Problem 31
- Problem 32
- Problem 33a
- Problem 33b
- Problem 33c
- Problem 34
- Problem 35
- Problem 36
- Problem 37a
- Problem 37b
- Problem 38
- Problem 39
- Problem 40
- Problem 41
- Problem 42
- Problem 43a
- Problem 43b
- Problem 44a
- Problem 44b
- Problem 45
- Problem 46a
- Problem 46b
- Problem 47a
- Problem 47b
- Problem 48
- Problem 49
- Problem 50
- Problem 51
- Problem 52c