I have a hard time understanding this thing, I though I had to use pythagore but I don't know anymore :|
a) A boat crosses a river at a vectorial speed of 4.8m/s, going north.
The river has a current of 1.4m/s going west.
What's the apparent vectorial speed of the boat from the point of view of someone on the coast ?
b) from the observer point of view, whats the orientation of the boat ?
c) how long will the boat take to cross the river?
d) what's the deviation of the boat when it gets on the other shore ?