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Suppose you are climbing up the mast of a sailboat at a speed of 0.20 m/s. If the sailboat is moving with a speed of 0.60 m/s in a lake, what is your relative velocity to the lake?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.3: Relative Velocity

Problem 27PP

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