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Two ships leave a port at the same time. One goes 24 km/hr in the direction N 38 E and other travels 32 km/hr in the direction S 52 E. Find the distance between the ships at fine end of 3 hrs.

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Let P and Q be the position of two ships at the end of 3 hours.Then,OP=3×24=72 km and OQ=3×32=96 kmUsing cosine formulat in ΔOPQ, we get PQ2=OP2+OQ22OP×OQ cos 90PQ2=722+9622×72×96 cos 90PQ2=14400PQ=120 km


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