A knife is dropped from the top of a 16.0 m high mast on a ship moving at 1.74 m/s due south. (a) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to the ship when it hits the deck of the ship.  m/s (down) (b) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to a stationary observer on shore.  m/s  Â° (below the horizontal to the south) (c) Discuss how the answers give a consistent result for the position at which the knife hits the deck

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A knife is dropped from the top of a 16.0 m high mast on a ship moving at 1.74 m/s due south.

(a) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to the ship when it hits the deck of the ship.
 m/s (down)

(b) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to a stationary observer on shore.
 m/s  Â° (below the horizontal to the south)

(c) Discuss how the answers give a consistent result for the position at which the knife hits the deck.

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