Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 5:49pm.

Ships A and B leave port together. For the next two hours, ship A travels at 30.0 in a direction 75.0 west of north while the ship B travels 25.0 east of north at 40.0 . What is the distance between the two ships two hours after they depart? What is the s

physics - Steve, Friday, October 7, 2011 at 5:21am
After 1 hour, A is at (30*cos 165,30*sin 165) = (-28.98,7.76)

After 1 hour, B is at (40*cos 50,40*sin 50) = (25.71,30.64)

Complete the math for your answer.

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