A tugboat is travelling from Asaba to Onitsha across the River Niger with a resultant velocity of 20 knots. If the river flows at 12 knots, the direction of motion of the boat relative to the direction of water flow is?

a

36.87o

b

53.13o

c

90o

d

136o

e

143.13o

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Terzungwe2
3 years ago

The unit is making it confusing

ifeany006
3 years ago

I don't understand please explain

Abdulmuiz12345
1 year ago

how do we know what cos inverse is when it can't be gotten on jamb calculator

Alefiajosiah
1 year ago

dear my school team we need a video on this

thona1120
1 year ago

please needs a video of this

RETRO CORPS
1 year ago

the answer is A

De sage
1 year ago

I swear 🤣😂

edutara
2 months ago

Jamb is not trying at all
How can you solve this without a scientific calculator

Fe1fe1fe1fe1
3 years ago

Pls what topic is this

Yungceee01
3 months ago

resultant velocity more like resultant vector is 20, right
the flow is 12.
if you remember your vectors correctly. 20 is the HYP while 12 is the adj. the angle is then between 20 and 12 I. e between the hyp a d adj. therefore u use COS °

santeno
2 months ago

interesting.....so like how do u expect us to get the answer with jamb calculator 🥲

rvsrecovery11
3 months ago

the correct answer is A

dani_ella150509
1 year ago

I don't understand.

Ayom.de
2 months ago

Answer is 1.08%

Lehlani
1 year ago

in relation to water flow=12/30

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