In: Physics
Tina can row a boat at 2.60 mi/h in still water. She
needs to cross a river that is 1.20 mi wide with a current flowing
at 1.90 mi/h. Not having her calculator she guesses that to go
straight across she should head upstream at an angle of 25.0° from
the direction straight across the river.
a. How long does it take her to cross the river?
b. What is her speed with respect to the starting point on the
bank?
c. How far up or downstream from her starting point will she reach
the opposite bank?
d. In order to go straight across, what angle upstream she she have
headed?