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Chapter 11, Problem 131.

As the driver of an automobile travels north at 20 km/h in a parking lot,

he observes a truck approaching from the northwest. After he reduces his
speed to 12 km/h and turns so that he is traveling in a northwest direction,
the truck appears to be approaching from the west. Assuming that the
velocity of the truck is constant during that period of observation,
determine the magnitude and the direction of the velocity of the truck.

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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