Q. The force exerted by the wind on the sails of a sailboat is 300 N north. The water exerts a force of 150 N east. If the boat (including its crew) has a mass of 300 kg, what are the magnitude and direction of its acceleration?
Q. As Tony the fisherman reels in a "big one" he turns the spool on his fishing reel at the rate of 3.8 complete revolutions every second. If the radius of the reel is 4.5 cm, what is the linear speed of the fishing line as it is reeled in?