At 0800H, two ships was observed to be 33 miles apart on opposite courses. One ship was running at 12 knots while the other was making 10 knots. At what time of the day will they be abeam from each other?
Given:
Time : 0800H
Distance: 33 miles
Ship's sppeed of one ship: 12 knots
Ship's speed of the other ship: 10 knots
What is askes in the problem?
At what time of the day the two ships on opposite courses will be abeam from each other.
Solution:
1. Add the speed of the two ships.
12 lnots + 10 knots = 22 knots
2. Solve for the steaming time that these two ships on opposite courses will meet to each other. This is the formula in getting time.
Time = distance / speed
Time = 33 miles / 22 knots
Time = 1.5 hours (1 hr 30 minutes)
3. Now we are going to add the answer in step 2 to the time when the two ships are 33 miles from each other which is 0800H.
0800
+
0130
0930H - the final answer
So the the time of day when the two ships will be abeam from each other is 0930H.
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