A stream is flowing at 0.75ms-1 and a boat heading perpendicular for the stream landed at the opposite bank at an angle of 30°. Calculate the velocity of th...
A stream is flowing at 0.75ms-1 and a boat heading perpendicular for the stream landed at the opposite bank at an angle of 30°. Calculate the velocity of the boat.
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Let the velocity of the boat = Vm/s 0.75/V = adj/hyp = Cost30° 0.75/V = 0.8660 ∴ V = 0.75/0.8660 V = 0.86-1