Suppose there are two ships in the ocean, Ship A and Ship B. At 1:00 pm, ship A crosses point C going north at a constant rate of 4 miles per hour. An hour and a half later, ship B crosses point C going west at a rate of 5 miles per hour. Determine how fast these ships are moving away from each other at 4:00 p.m.

 

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Step 1 Find the coordinates of point C Since ship A crosses point C at 100 pm we can use this inform... View the full answer