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- A person works in a factory
with a 4.0 m wide conveyor belt travelling at Vc
= 1.5 m/s (See diagram above). The person can walk at 3.5 m/s.
- Which way should he head
to get directly across from where he started?
- How long will it take to
get across?
- What is the person's net
velocity while on the conveyor belt?
- A person works in a
factory with a 4.0 m wide conveyor belt travelling at Vc
= 1.5 m/s (See diagram above). The person can walk at 3.5 m/s.
- Which way should he head
to get across as quickly as possible?
- How long will it take to
get across?
- Where would he land?
- What is the person's net
velocity while on the conveyor belt?