The distance along a shipping route between San Francisco and Honolulu is 2,100 nautical miles?
(there are 6,076.1 feet in 1 nautical mile). If one ship leaves San Francisco at the time another leaves Honolulu, and if the former travel at 15 knots (1 knot = 1 nautical miles per hour) and the latter at 20 knots, how long will it take the two ships to rendezcous? How far will they be from Honolulu and San Francisco at that time?
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They are closing at 35knots so the time taken is 2100/35=60 hours. Distance from Honolulu is 60*20=1200 nautical miles so distance from San Francisco is 900 nautical miles
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