So what we know from that is that angle is 30 degrees south of west. so you go 30 degrees down from west. How can we do this? well <span>basically what you have to do is to break down the force into x and y component. The y component of large force and the y component of small force should cancel so that the boat doesn't go north and south and the x components of both the forces should add up so that it goes west only.</span>
1 hr 18 minutes and 27 seconds hmmm
there are 60 minutes in 1 hr, thus 18 minutes is 18/60 hrs or 0.3hr.
so 1hr 18min is 1.3 hrs
there are 60 seconds in 1 minute and 60 minutes in 1 hr, thus 60*60 seconds in 1hr, or 3600 seconds, so, 27 seconds is just 27/3600 hrs, or 0.0075 hrs.
so, 1.3 hr or 1.3000 hr for that matter plus 0.0075, is just
1.3075 hrs.
a)
so, they covered 26.2 miles in 1.3075 hrs, so the average speed is just 26.2/1.3075, or about 20.0382409177 miles/hr
b)
The area of the triangle is 52.5 ft squared.