How fast are the distance between the ships moving?

S

shayne704

New member
Joined
Dec 16, 2009
Messages
6
At noon, ship A is 20 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 21 knots and ship B is sailing north at 24 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 4 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.)
 
shayne704 said:
At noon, ship A is 20 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 21 knots and ship B is sailing north at 24 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 4 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.)
Click to expand...

You posted six different (rather straight-forward) problems - without a line of work.

Looks like a take-home test...

Please show us your work, indicating exactly where you are stuck - so that we know where to begin to help you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top