Instructions: On occasion, the notation  = [A, ?] will be a shorthand notation for .

?
Exhibit 3-4
The diagram below shows the path taken by a sailboat tacking sideways because it cannot sail directly into the wind.
?

?
Use this exhibit to answer the following question(s).
Refer to Exhibit 3-4. The total distance it travels is

A. 1000 m.
B. 1732 m.
C. 2000 m.
D. 6298 m.
E. 8000 m.


Answer: E

Physics & Space Science

You might also like to view...

A converging lens with two convex surfaces has a front surface with radius of curvature of 10.0 cm; the back surface has radius of curvature of 30.0 cm, and the lens is made from material with an index of refraction of 2.50 . What is the focal length of the lens?

a. -13.3 cm c. 5.00 cm b. 4.44 cm d. 0.250 cm

Physics & Space Science

The Coriolis force affects tornadoes by:

a. making them spin clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. b. making them always spin to the left. c. making them always spin to the right. d. making them spin in the same direction regardless of where they are on the Earth's surface. e. making them spin in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

Physics & Space Science

Which of the following materials is most appropriate for a design of the magnetoresistance random access memory for a computer?

(a) Layers of Fe and Ni (b) Layers of Fe and Cr (c) Layers of Fe3O4 and MnO (d) Fe-3 wt. % Si

Physics & Space Science

____________ in Saturn's rings is/are produced by the gravitational interaction of Mimas with the particles in the rings and appears as a large ____________ in the rings

a. Cassini's division; gap b. Cassini's division; clump c. Moons; gap d. Moons; clump

Physics & Space Science