Question

At noon, a ship leaves a harbor and sails south at 10 knots. Two hours later, a second ship leaves the harbor and sails east at 20 knots. When will the ships be 300 nautical miles apart? Round to the nearest minute. Note that 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.

The ships will be nautical miles apart at approximately
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Answer 1

The speed of the first ship= 30 knots The speed of the second ship= 20 knots The first ship started at noon and after three hours second ship started. The direction of the first ship is along South and that of second ship is East.

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