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Problem
A passenger walks
1.5
m/s
1.5\,\text{m/s}
1.5
m/s
east relative to the deck of a ship. An observer on the pier measures the passenger’s velocity as
0.8
m/s
0.8\,\text{m/s}
0.8
m/s
east. Determine both the magnitude and direction of the ship’s velocity relative to the pier.
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