At noon, ship A is 10 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 24 knots and ship B is sailing north at 22 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 6 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.) knots
At noon, ship A is 10 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 24 knots and ship B is sailing north at 22 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 6 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.) knots
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![At noon, ship A is 10 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 24 knots and ship B is sailing
north at 22 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 6 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a
speed of 1 nautical mile
per hour.)
knots](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbb83a8f2-26ef-4560-bef2-c768832c3997%2F5f52221a-01e3-4b58-8697-150df7bc4a15%2Fbb0m51h_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:At noon, ship A is 10 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 24 knots and ship B is sailing
north at 22 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 6 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a
speed of 1 nautical mile
per hour.)
knots
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