In 0.414 s, a 8.86-kg block is pulled through a distance of 4.36 m on a frictionless horizontal surface, starting from rest. The
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Let vb be the velocity of the motorboat and let vs be the velocity of the stream.
We know that when she drives upstream the velocity is 8 m/s, in this scenario the velocities point in opposite directions, then we have the equations:
When she drives downstream the velocites point in the same direction then we have the equation:
hence we have the system of equations:
Solving the first equation for the velocity of the boat we have:
Plugging this in the second equation we have:
Therefore, the velocity of the stream is 2 m/s