You are trying to cross a river that flows due south with a strong current. You start out in your motorboat on the east bank desiring to reach the west bank directly west from your starting point. You should head your motorboat
A) due west.
B) due north.
C) due south.
D) in a southwesterly direction.
E) in a northwesterly direction.

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To counteract the southward current and reach directly west, you should head in a northwesterly direction. This will allow the current to push you south while your boat's velocity component westward takes you directly across.

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