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A sailboat is manufactured so that the mast leans at an angle 0 with respect to the deck. An observer standing on a dock sees the boat go by at a speed v perpendicular to the dock. What angle does this observer say the mast makes? If it’s possible to write out the solution on paper instead of typing it I would really appreciate that
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Let l be the length of the mast Height: h-|sin θ Initial horizontal extent Due to Length Contraction, in the moving frame of reference, , x Icos θ (Since, lengths perpendicular to the direction of moti on remains unchanged) Therefore, the angle of the mast in the moving frame of reference is, tan θ - tan l cos θ tan θ -1 - tan

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