The question says that Nora is few meters behind Nancy and is still with respect to her that means the relative velocity between Nora and Nancy is zero
Vrel = 5 - Vnora= 0 ⇒ Vnora = 5km/hr
Pictorially we can represent the given condition as:
Nora-------few meters------Nancy ----------------- Sam
5km/hr 5km/hr →
Hence, Nora's boat is moving towards Sam at 5km/hr.
The potential energy of an object is defined by the equation: PE = mgh, where m = the mass of the object, g = the gravitational acceleration and h = the object's height above the ground.
