A ship leaves port at 2:00 pm and sails in the direction S34 degrees W at a rate of 15mph. Another ship leaves port at 3:00 pm and sails in the direction S56 degrees E at a rate of 12mph. Find how far apart the ships are at 4:00 pm.

Answer 1

no idea whatcha got?
Convert each length traveled to an x & y displacement.

Then use the law of cosines to find the third length.