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A boat crosses a river of width 199m in which the current has a uniform speed of 2.23m/s. The pilot maintains a bearing(the direction in nautical terms) perpendicular to the river and a throttle setting to give a constant speed of 1.71m/s relative to hte water. What is the magnitude of the speed of the boat relative to a stationary shore observer? Ans in units of m/s.

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