1. 1m/s = _____ mph
Identify the component and resultant vectors. Draw a head-to-tail diagram for each one.
A helicopter's pilot steers the helicopter on a heading 20 degrees east of North with an air speed (speed in still air) of 150 knots. The helicopter is traveling westward at a rate of 162 knots. What is the velocity of the air around the helicopter?
An explorer practicing orienteering on the deck of a ship has a velocity of 2.5m/s in a direction 28 degrees North of East. The explorer is following a compass heading to the Northwest, and if the ship were still, the explorer's speed would be 3m/s. What is the ship's velocity?
At its southern edge, a spinning merry-go-round has a velocity of 10m/s eastward. A child standing at this position heads toward the center of the merry-go-round. The child's speed on a still merry-go-round is 4m/s. What is the child's velocity?