A Woman Walks Due West on the Deck of a Ship

question 88

Short Answer

A woman walks due west on the deck of a ship at $6 \mathrm { mi } / \mathrm { h }$ . The ship is moving north at a speed of $20 \mathrm { mi } / \mathrm { h }$ . Find the speed of the woman relative to the surface of the water. Round the result to the nearest tenth.

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Definitions:

Negative

A term that describes a value less than zero, indicating direction, charge, or a decrease in a measurable quantity.

Central Location

A statistical term that refers to the center or typical value in a set of data, often measured by mean, median, or mode.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; how spread out numbers are around the mean.

Median

The middle value of a data set, which divides the set into two equal halves when arranged in ascending or descending order.