A camel sets out to cross the desert, which is 49.8 km wide in the north-south direction. The camel walks at the uniform speed 2.64 km/hr along a straight line in the direction 50.1 north of East (only the camel knows why he chose that particular direction).

Question

A camel sets out to cross the desert, which is 49.8 km wide in the north-south direction. The camel walks at the uniform speed 2.64 km/hr along a straight line in the direction 50.1 north of East (only the camel knows why he chose that particular direction).
How long will it take the camel to cross the desert?
Answer in units of hr

XMD · Answer

49.8/sin(50.1)= 64.91km t= 64.91/2.64= 24.59hr

A camel sets out to cross the desert, which is 49.8 km wide in the north-south direction. The camel walks at the uniform speed 2.64 km/hr along a straight line in the direction 50.1� north of East (only the camel knows why he chose that particular direction).