document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=554826>Question 554826</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two boats leave the same port at the same time, the first boat heads due north at 15 knots and the other due west at 12 knots, after 2 hours, how fast is the distance between the boats increasing? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Their relative speed, the speed of either wrt the other, = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2815%5E2+%2B+12%5E2%29+=+sqrt%28369%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2815%5E2+%2B+12%5E2%29+=+sqrt%28369%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > knots<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's constant, doesn't vary with distance.<BR>\n" );
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