Question

In the Coral Sea the East Australian Current flows 0.9m/s 22.0° West of South. A sea turtle riding the current, dude, swims due East at 2.58m/s. A fish desperate to find his son, Nemo, is moving across the turtles back at 0.25m/s at 35.0° South of East.

a. What is the turtle's velocity?
b. What is the fish's velocity?
c. How many stripes does the fish have?

^^that is a legitimate question on my homework XD

Answer 1

@sweetburger

Answer 2

might have to google a picture of nemo's dad for c lol

Answer 3

ye cx

Answer 4

c

Answer 5

I think c is a trick question XD he didn't specify which color stripes lol

anyhoo, can you help me with the actual problems? cx

Answer 6

This is how i drew my graph may not be correct because currents confuse me sometimes. this is kinda just for reference I think we just need to go ahead and find the x and y values for each vector and add them up.

Answer 7

how'd you draw the vectors?

Answer 8

wait

Answer 9

I see now lol

Answer 10

so now I break them up into components like normal?

Answer 11

so ill make my lists

Answer 12

yes break into components

Answer 13

grabbing calc brb

Answer 14

so the first set is the current, the second is the turtle, and the last is the fish?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

wait.. why did you subtract 22 from 270?

Answer 17

wait.. nevermind cx I keep going back to the reference drawing and answering my own question XD

Answer 18

woe woe woe.. why is the second one 360?

Answer 19

(I checked the graph already too lol)