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At noon, ship A is 50 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 17 knots and ship B is sailing north at 19 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 3 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.)

Answer 1

c my attachment

Answer 2

feel free to ask if any confusion

Answer 3

im a little confused by the drawing, I see the graph, its the formulas u used that I don't understand

Answer 4

right angle triangle

Answer 5

pithagorean theorem

Answer 6

hypotenuse ^2=base^2+oposit^2

Answer 7

So ur telling me basically that if I find the solution to the Pythagorean , I will have the answer to the question

Answer 8

A2B1B2 is a right angle triangle

Answer 9

we need to find out the value of A2B2

Answer 10

ship A goes frm A1 A2

Answer 11

ship B goes frm B1 to B2

Answer 12

the distance between ship A nd ship B at 3 pm is A2B2

Answer 13

need to find out A2B2