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02 Aug 2013, 05:49
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In 1937, the ship of the great sailor SINBAD left an Egyptian port heading Ivory coast at X mile/month . One month later another ship of the greatest pirate ever CHENG I SAO was 5000 miles due south of the same Egyptian port and heading due north at
Y miles/month. Six months later after the leaving of Sinbad’s ship from Egyptian port, how far apart were the ships? [Ivory coast is in the west of Egypt]
Solution :
This kind of problems requires diagram to solve without stress. So I uploaded a picture which will make this a piece of cake.
From the diagram, AB^2 = (6x)^2 + (5000-5y)^2 ,
, so AB = you know what happens after the root over……….
Y miles/month. Six months later after the leaving of Sinbad’s ship from Egyptian port, how far apart were the ships? [Ivory coast is in the west of Egypt]
Solution :
This kind of problems requires diagram to solve without stress. So I uploaded a picture which will make this a piece of cake.
From the diagram, AB^2 = (6x)^2 + (5000-5y)^2 ,
, so AB = you know what happens after the root over……….
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02 Aug 2013, 05:55
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Please read the following carefully before posting.More so, rule #7. Thanks.
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02 Aug 2013, 06:14
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yes. but i selected E and this is all about problem and solving but not backsolving ,so no options were here. I didn't copy it from any book, so how can i maintain rule 7? there is no official answer and i just provided the solution......
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