While trying to swim directly across a river from west to


Veronica can swim 3.0 m/s in still water. While trying to swim directly across a river from west to east, Veronica is pulled by a current flowing southward at 2.0 m/s.

a) What is the magnitude of Veronica's resultant velocity?

b) If Veronica wants to end up exactly across stream from where she began, at what angle to the shore must she swim upstream?

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