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A passenger walks from one side of a ferry to the other as it approaches a dock. If the passenger's velocity is 1.5 m/s due north relative to the ferry, and 4.5 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees west of north relative to the water, what are the magnitude and direction of the ferry's velocity relative to the water?
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