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Help, im not sure how to do this at all-example-1

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Answer:

60 m

Step-by-step explanation:

The boat has two separate motions:

1- A motion due north, with constant speed of 10 m/s

1- A motion due east, due to the current, at speed of 2 m/s

We know that the river is 300 m wide, so we can consider first motion 1) to find how much does it take for the boat to cross the river:


t=(d)/(v)=(300 m)/(10 m/s)=30s

Now we can find how far downstream the boat moved by calculating the distance that the boat covered moving east during this time interval:


d'=vt=(2 m/s)(30 s)=60 m

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