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25 August, 21:12

Danny lowers the sails on his boat. He paddles upstream at 19 km/hr. The current is still running downstream at 15 km/hr. What is the actual velocity of the boat? 34 km/hr, downstream 34 km/hr, upstream 4 km/hr, downstream 4 km/hr, upstream

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  1. 25 August, 21:20
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    Since the direction of his paddles is opposite of the the direction of the current, so the actual velocity can be calculated by subtracting the velocity of current to to his velocity when paddling

    v = 19 - 15

    v = 4 since the answer is positive, then the direction is upstream
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