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A small boat is headed for a harbor 31 km directly northwest ofits current position when it is suddenly engulfed in heavy fog. Thecaptain maintains a compass bearing of northwest and a speed of 9.4km/h relative to the water. The fog lifts 3.0 h later and thecaptain notes that he is now exactly 3.7 km south of theharbor.
a) What was the average speed of the current during those 3.0 h?________km/h
b) In what direction should the boat have been heading to reach itsdestination along a straight course?
_________° west of north
(c) What would its travel time have been if it had followed astraight course?
____________ h
A small boat is headed for a harbor 31 km directly northwest ofits current position when it is suddenly engulfed in heavy fog. Thecaptain maintains a compass bearing of northwest and a speed of 9.4km/h relative to the water. The fog lifts 3.0 h later and thecaptain notes that he is now exactly 3.7 km south of theharbor.
a) What was the average speed of the current during those 3.0 h?________km/h
b) In what direction should the boat have been heading to reach itsdestination along a straight course?
_________° west of north
(c) What would its travel time have been if it had followed astraight course?
____________ h
Reid WolffLv2
20 Jul 2019
