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Sep28-04, 06:22 PM
Ships A and B leave port together. For the next two hours, ship A travels at 35.0 mph in a direction 25.0 degrees west of north while the ship B travels 80.0 degrees east of north at 30.0 mph.
What is the distance between the two ships two hours after they depart?
What is the speed of ship A as seen by ship B?
basically i tried using trig to find the x component of both vectors and then added them. it wanted distance at t = 2 so i did 70 * sin (25) + 60 * sin(80) but it was incorrect. i tried this method with the example in the book and it was fairly close. so im guessing i did it incorrectly but got an answer that was close by coincidence? and for the second part im really unsure where to begin, i just know reference frames have something to do with it and maybe some sort of vector addition/subtraction. any suggestions will be much appreciated.
What is the distance between the two ships two hours after they depart?
What is the speed of ship A as seen by ship B?
basically i tried using trig to find the x component of both vectors and then added them. it wanted distance at t = 2 so i did 70 * sin (25) + 60 * sin(80) but it was incorrect. i tried this method with the example in the book and it was fairly close. so im guessing i did it incorrectly but got an answer that was close by coincidence? and for the second part im really unsure where to begin, i just know reference frames have something to do with it and maybe some sort of vector addition/subtraction. any suggestions will be much appreciated.