Question: Two ships sail from the same island port, one going north at 24 knots (24 nautical miles per hour) and the other east 30 knots.

Two ships sail from the same island port, one going north at 24 knots (24 nautical miles per hour) and the other east 30 knots. The northbound ship departed at 9:00 A.M. and the east bound ship left at 11:00 A.m. How fast is the distance between them increasing at 2:00 P.M?

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