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Physics 12 Relative Motion Problems Name: key 1) A dog walks at 1.6 m/s on the deck of a boat that is traveling north at 7.6 m/s with respect to the water, a) What is the velocity of the dog with respect to the water if it walks towards the front of the ship? bb) What is the velocity of the dog with respect to the water if it walks towards the back of the ship? c)What is the velocity of the dog with respect to the water if it walks towards the east rail? (9.2 m/s [N], 6.0 m/s [N], 7.8 m/s [N 12° E]) Q)- = ”y Dt Uete = 66 $265 22% [aT nem, — \ROe Vue Vi, °S boat = = +16 + 7.6 = 60" ® i oe Cnt he Me resus = \ WS 4726" = 78" ANE 9 (5%). A : § = ton’ (24) = 78 2) The pilot of a light plane heads due north at an air speed of 400 kh. A wind is blowing fiom the west at 60 ku/h, a) What is the plane’s velocity with respect to the ground? b) How far off course would the plane be after 2.5 h, if the pilot had hoped to travel due north, but had forgotten to check the wind velocity. bo hy, (404 kmv/h [N 8.5° E], 150 km [E]) —> 0). =) tort Go = t04k — 400! y /y. R @ NES" a 9 = yon) 2) 60 bo’ x ash= /50km E bs° 5 3) A pilot wishes to make a flight of 300 km[NE] in 45 min. On checking with the meteorological office, she finds that there will be a wind of 80 kuwh from the north for the entire flight. What heading and airspeed must she use for the flight? ° goo Ug = I5K = 400 yf, ((E 52°N], 460 km/h) BA wo NE \pz 400 62 C90) On 5" Kes = 460 MK @QESEN dig = 7° + 48° = 62? Sin [35% headig 7 +45 = 52% eS 627 4) An airplane maintains a heading due west at an air speed of 900 kuv/h. It is flying through a hurricane with winds of 300 km/h, from the northeast 4) In which direotion is the plane moving relative to the ground? b)What is the plane’s ground speed? ©) How long would it take the plane to fly fiom one city to another 500 km away, along the path in (a)? ({W 11° S], 1132 km/h, 0.44 h or 27 min) a) \We 909 + 308 ~2 (10 (300 cao/35° 135° = NBN @ WII'S vo | sin BS. sin ely? 1132 PS 300 2 rll po Aa 500 Km ® tes ty 1132 *6g, VR > <= + ae 5) An aisplane must travel 575 km west in 2.00 hours to its next destination. If the aircraft encounters a wind of 50.0 km/h blowing southward, what must be the airspeed and heading? (292 km/h, 170.12) belt” =) loo + 572° > d [oe elt \ a = 581 km Sél km = 24 km [70° * Ve -an % @ 17 eet (3 =l0 6) Two boathouses are located on a river, 1.0 km apart on the same shore. Two men make round trips from one boathouse to the other, aud back. One man paddles a canoe at a velocity of 4.0 kan/h relative to the water, aud other walks along the shore at a constant velocity of 4.0 kawh, The current in the river is 2.0 km/h in the starting direction of the canoeist. a) How much sooner than the walker does the canoeist reach the second boathouse? b) How long does it take each to make the round trip? (8.0 min, 40 min and 30 min) ave k-5F 2) (@ — - te HLA 8 aon nn B= A= Ao nin 7) A70 m wide river flows at 0.80 m/s. A girl swims across it at 1.4 m/s relative to the water a) What is the least time she requires to cross the river? b) How far downstream will she be when she lands on the opposite shore? ©)At what angle to the shore would she have to aim, in order to arrive at a point directly opposite the starting point? 4) How long would the trip in part (¢) take? (50 s, 40-m, 55°, 61s) c) p= oe (RH) 35" Ak ss° fom the shore. 4) Un a JhG= 08 = 15% : > so \k ‘|, Ve t: fe, ~ (6 15 "Ya a hak 8) An ocean liner is steaming at 18 kav/h due south. A passenger strolling on the deck walks towards the rear of the ship at 3.0 u/s. After walking for 12 s, he turns right and walks at the same speed towards the rail, 15 m from his tuning point. a) What is his velocity, relative to the water, while walking towards the rear? b) While walking towards the rail? = $5 er (2.0 m/s [S] and 5.8 m/s [S 31°W]) Bbo0w er . tea a) Vip = sew Vy * ate. " num 4) Bas tag = - Le 3a oye a= S45 onl OY ~ 58 Ya @ W57'S -f lon @ = 59° o 9) A pilot maintains a heading due west with an air speed of 240 kuvh. After flying for 30 min, he finds himself over a town that he knows is 150 km west and 40 km south of his starting point a) What is the wind velocity, in magnitude and direction? ‘b) What heading should he now maintain, with the same air speed, to follow a course due west from the town? (100 km/h [S 37° W], [W 19° N) 6 =fon (#2. 0) t! ) Up a fatd+ 31d 2 C¥eDLe) co vaaloh = 798 ny ~ Jo0 ky” @ wss's joe 2f0 Ung Blok oe Sind z 3/0 rae 1 y= sin i) - (310 Sin_| (3084 V8 aWItNn =53 10) The navigator of an airplane plans a flight from one airport to another 1200 km away, ina direction 30 east of north. The weather office informs him of a prevailing wind from the west, of 80 km/h, The pilot wants to maintain an air speed of 300 kiwh. a) What heading should the navigator give the pilot? b) How long will the flight take? ©) How much time did the wind save? ({N 17° E], 3.6 h, 0.40 h) 9 a) Sin 60s Sia. Boo XO sin6 § = 8 in’ ( 00 ) =I ° Aigle + ei NITE Be) _Uret j_300 . Sin 07% "sin Go? 7 Upt™ B31 Skog = Bee = 36h 0.3Th 0) At =(BE - BS)

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