two ship shuttle service between two ports 1275 miles apart, timetabled so that they leave opposite ports at the same time heading for the other on opposite courses. passage speed is nominally 18 knots, but on one voyage, high winds and seas slow one ship by 9% and speed up the other by 6.5%

a. How far from the port of departure of the slowed ship will the pair pass each other?

b. If both ship sails at 1900 hours, how long, in days, hours and minutes will it take for them to pass each other?

Can anyone pliz solve this ???

Question

two ship shuttle service between two ports 1275 miles apart, timetabled so that they leave opposite ports at the same time heading for the other on opposite courses. passage speed is nominally 18 knots, but on one voyage, high winds and seas slow one ship by 9% and speed up the other by 6.5%

a. How far from the port  of departure of the slowed ship will the pair pass each other?

b. If both ship sails at 1900 hours, how long, in days, hours and minutes will it take for them to pass each other?

Can anyone pliz solve this ???

jack1 · Answer

so what are the 2 speeds here?
assume one heading east, the other due west, and east is positive:
therefore ship one's speed = 18knots x 1.065 = 19.17 knots
ship 2's speed = 18knots x 0.91 = 16.38 knots (west so negative for our purposes

jack1 · Answer

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