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vekshin1
3 years ago
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2. At noon, ship A was 12 nautical miles due north of ship B. Ship A was sailing south at 12 knots (nautical miles per hour; a n

autical mile is 2000 yards) and continued to do so all day. Ship B was sailing east at 9 knots and continued to do so all day. The visibility was 5 nautical miles. Did the ships ever sight each other?
Physics
1 answer:
AleksandrR [38]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

No

Explanation:

Let the reference origin be location of ship B in the beginning. We can then create the equation of motion for ship A and ship B in term of time t (hour):

A = 12 - 12t

B = 9t

Since the 2 ship motions are perpendicular with each other, we can calculate the distance between 2 ships in term of t

d = \sqrt{A^2 + B^2} = \sqrt{(12 - 12t)^2 + (9t)^2}

For the ships to sight each other, distance must be 5 or smaller

d \leq 5

\sqrt{(12 - 12t)^2 + (9t)^2} \leq 5

(12 - 12t)^2 + (9t)^2 \leq 25

144t^2 - 288t + 144 + 81t^2 - 25 \leq 0

225t^2 - 288t + 119 \leq 0

(15t)^2 - (2*15*9.6)t + 9.6^2 + 26.84 \leq 0

(15t^2 - 9.6)^2 + 26.84 \leq 0

Since (15t^2 - 9.6)^2 \geq 0 then

(15t^2 - 9.6)^2 + 26.84 > 0

So our equation has no solution, the answer is no, the 2 ships never sight each other.

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