(I) A person going for a morning jog on the deck of acruise ship is running toward the bow (front) of the ship at 2.0 m/swhile the ship is moving ahead at What is 8.5 m/s the velocity of the jogger relative to the water? Later, the jogger is moving toward the stern (rear) of the ship. What is the jogger’s velocity relative to the water now?

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 (I) A person going for a morning jog on the deck of a
cruise ship is running toward the bow (front) of the ship at 2.0 m/s
while the ship is moving ahead at What is 8.5 m/s the velocity of the jogger relative to the water? Later, the jogger is moving toward the stern (rear) of the ship. What is the jogger’s velocity relative to the water now?

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