SOLUTION: If a ship is travelling at 50 kmph and a person on that ship is running at 25 kmph against the direction of velocity of the ship. How will a boat going at 10 kmph in the same

Question 882145: If a ship is travelling at 50
kmph and a person on that ship is
running at 25 kmph against the
direction of velocity of the ship. How
will a boat going at 10 kmph in the
same direction as the ship appear to
be moving with respect to that
person?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of the ocean as the fixed reference
The person is traveling at
km/hr relative to the ocean, and in
the same direction as the ship
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The boat is traveling at km/hr
relativ to the ocean
The person sees the boat going
km/hr in the
direction of the ship

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