A boat is headed with a velocity of 18 meters/second toward the west with respect to the water in a river. if the river is flowing with a velocity of 2.5 meters/second in the same direction as the boat. what would be the magnitude of the boat's velocity?

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Hugh Montoya

9 March, 20:33

A boat is headed with a velocity of 18 meters/second toward the west with respect to the water in a river. if the river is flowing with a velocity of 2.5 meters/second in the same direction as the boat. what would be the magnitude of the boat's velocity?

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Samuel Hanna · Answer 1

Both the boat and swimmer are going in the same direction, west.

The net velocity the boat is traveling is then:

18 m/s + 2.5 m/s = 20.5 m/s

The magnitude is the hypotenuse of the components but there is only an x component so magnitude = 20.5 m/s