The other 4 kg of mass may have departed the scene
of the fire, in the form of gases and smoke particles.
First, foremost, and most critically, you must look at the graph, and critically
examine its behavior from just before until just after the 5-seconds point.
Without that ability ... since the graph is nowhere to be found ... I am hardly
in a position to assist you in the process.
A natural frequency of vibrations determined by the physical parameters of the vibrating object.
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

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







Since
then

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