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A boat is travelling across the water at 18 km/hr due E. A policeman needs to intercept the boat as quickly as possible but

A boat is travelling across the water at 18 km/hr due E. A policeman needs to intercept the boat as quickly as possible but is 100 m due S of the boat at t = 0 s. If the policeman is initially at rest, and can accelerate his jet ski at 1.0 m2, what angle must he travel at to intercept the boat in the shortest possible time?

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