Question

A canoe has a velocity of 0.41 southeast relative to the earth. The canoe is on a river that is flowing 0.50 east relative to the earth.
Find the magnitude of the velocity of the canoe relative to the river.
Find the direction of the velocity of the canoe relative to the river.

please help. i'm going crazy
A canoe has a velocity of 0.41 southeast relative to the earth. The canoe is on a river that is flowing 0.50 east relative to the earth.
Find the magnitude of the velocity of the canoe relative to the river.
Find the direction of the velocity of the canoe relative to the river.

please help. i'm going crazy
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Answer 1

look fist get the canoe is going south east
separate its horizontal and vertical components.
the coe is flowing 0.41/sqrt2 east and 0.41/sqrt2 south
the river is flowing 0.5 east
with respect to river canoe flows with
(0.41/sqrt2 - 0.5) east
and (0.41/sqrt2 - 0) south