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Chapter 3, Problem 66P
(II) A passenger on a boat moving at 1.70 m/s on a still lake walks up a flight of stairs at a speed of 0.60 m/s. Fig. 3-51. The stairs are angled at 45° pointing in the direction of motion as shown. Write the vector velocity of the passenger relative to the water.
FIGURE 3-51 Problem 62.
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