10. A child tosses a stick into a stream. The stick moves downstream at a rate of 1.5 m/s.
a. How fast is the stick moving relative to the shore?
b. How fast is the stick moving relative to the stream?
c. The child can paddle a canoe at a rate of 2.0 m/s on a still pond.
If the child paddled the canoe at the same rate downstream, how fast would the canoe
move relative to the shore? |