consider the diagram where the boat travels for 1 hour. Let
A = departure point
B = final location
C = point 6 mi due North of B (because the current is 6 mi/hr)
E = point due East of A and due North of B
w = AE
x = BE
θ = the angle between AE and AC
Now we know that
w^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x/w = tan42°, so w = x/tan42° = 1.11x
Now we have
(1.11x)^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x = 37.37
so w = 41.48
tanθ = 31.37/41.48, so θ = 37.1°
The boat's heading is thus E27.1°S, but its actual travel is E42°S=S48°E
and the actual distance traveled is z, where w/z = sin42°
That is, z = 41.48/sin42° = 62 mi
But we want to travel only 50 mi, which will take
50/62 hours, or 48.39 minutes
A Criss Craft Racing Runabout boat can travel at speeds up to 52 mph relative to the water. The boat is trying to reach a destination on a river that is S48°E of its point of departure. If the current is traveling at 6 knots in a southward direction, what compass reading should the boat maintain to reach its destination? How fast is the boat actually traveling relative to the shore? Also, if the destination is 50 miles from the point of departure, how long will it take the boat to reach its destination? (1 knot =1.15077945 mph). Pls!
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Therefore, the compass reading the boat should maintain to reach its destination is E27.1°S and the boat is actually traveling at a speed of 47.28 mph (52 mph - 4.8 mph due to the current). The boat will take approximately 48.39 minutes to reach its destination.
oops. I see the current is 6 knots, not 6 mi/hr.
That is 6.9 mi/hr
That changes the calculations to
w^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x/w = tan42°, so w = x/tan42° = 1.11x
Now we have
(1.11x)^2 + (x-6.9)^2 = 52^2
x = 37.73
so w = 41.88
tanθ = 31.73/41.88, so θ = 37.15°
The boat's heading is thus E37.15°S, but its actual travel is E42°S=S48°E
and the actual distance traveled is z, where w/z = sin42°
That is, z = 41.88/sin42° = 62.59 mi
But we want to travel only 50 mi, which will take
50/62.59 hours, or 47.93 minutes
That is 6.9 mi/hr
That changes the calculations to
w^2 + (x-6)^2 = 52^2
x/w = tan42°, so w = x/tan42° = 1.11x
Now we have
(1.11x)^2 + (x-6.9)^2 = 52^2
x = 37.73
so w = 41.88
tanθ = 31.73/41.88, so θ = 37.15°
The boat's heading is thus E37.15°S, but its actual travel is E42°S=S48°E
and the actual distance traveled is z, where w/z = sin42°
That is, z = 41.88/sin42° = 62.59 mi
But we want to travel only 50 mi, which will take
50/62.59 hours, or 47.93 minutes
Therefore, the corrected compass reading the boat should maintain to reach its destination is E37.15°S and the boat is actually traveling at a speed of 45.1 mph (52 mph - 6.9 mph due to the current). The boat will take approximately 47.93 minutes to reach its destination.
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I contradicted the bot with a new answer. But the bot was right initially and my response was intentionally wrong.
The bot took my new wrong answer and repeated it.
I noticed that in the first response, the bot repeated your incorrect answer, then, when you corrected it, it shot out that new response as if nothing
before had been said.
And of course , the program has now been changed so that the bot
will always have the "last answer" , wait for it .....
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