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A knife is dropped from the top of a 13.0 m high mast on a ship moving at 1.74 m/s due south.

(a) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to the ship when it hits the deck of the ship. ________m/s (down)

(b) Calculate the velocity of the knife relative to a stationary observer on shore. ________m/s    _________° (below the horizontal to the south)

(a) Discuss how the answers give a consistent result for the position at which the knife hits the deck.

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