A sailor drops a wrench from the top of a sailboat’s vertical mast while the boat ismoving slowly and steadily backwards. Where will the wrench hit the deck? (a) ahead of the base of the mast (b) at the base of the mast1 (c) behind the base of the mast (d) on the wind- ward side of the base of the mast (e) None of choices (a) through (d) is correct

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7. A sailor drops a wrench from the top of a sailboat’s vertical mast while the boat ismoving slowly and steadily backwards. Where will the wrench hit the deck?
(a) ahead of the base of the mast
(b) at the base of the mast1
(c) behind the base of the mast
(d) on the wind- ward side of the base of the mast
(e) None of choices (a) through (d) is correct.
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