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3 A sailboat is traveling north at 10 km/h, relative to the water. The water is flowing west at 5 km/h, parallel to the shore. What is the velocity of the sailboat relative to ground, and what is the angle of travel that the sailboat makes with respect to the shore?

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A sailboat is traveling north at 10 km/h, relative to the water. The water is flowing west at 5 km/h, parallel to the shore. What is the velocity of the sailboat relative to ground, and what is the angle of travel that the sailboat makes with respect to the shore?

Grade:12

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Arun Kumar IIT Delhi
askIITians Faculty 256 Points
9 years ago
for angle take the dot product of above two


Arun Kumar
IIT Delhi
Askiitians Faculty

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