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.
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+OQ2−2OP×OQ cos 90∘PQ2=722+962−2×72×96 cos 90∘PQ2=14400PQ=120 km