Two ships leave a harbor K at the same time. One ship takes a course of 030^o over a distance of 60km to a position...

Two ships leave a harbor K at the same time. One ship takes a course of 030^o over a distance of 60km to a position P. The other ship sails 100km on a bearing of 110^o to position Q.

(a) Calculate:
(i) Distance PQ.
(ii) Angle PQ.
(iii) The bearing of Q from P

(b) Both ships take t hours to reach their destinations. The speed of the faster ship is 20km/hr.
Find:
(i) The value of t
(ii) the speed of the slower ship.

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Wilfykil answered the question on September 2, 2019 at 13:19

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