A physicist runs straight south at a velocity of 8mi/hr. The wind is at her back (directly from the north, relative to Earth) at a velocity of 20 mi/hr. She decides to change her course so that the wind will strike her right side (i.e. at 90-degrees relative to her motion).

A physicist runs straight south at a velocity of 8mi/hr. The wind is at her back (directly from the north, relative to Earth) at a velocity of 20 mi/hr. She decides to change her course so that the wind will strike her right side (i.e. at 90-degrees relative to her motion).

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University Physics Volume 1

18th Edition

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Publisher:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Chapter4: Motion In Two And Three Dimensions

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