At noon, ship A is 10 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 16 knots and ship B is sailing north at 24 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 3 PM?

This is what I got but it's not right 28.727

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I also got your same answer even correct to the last decimal place
Hmm. Stupid online hw wants it perfectly I guess. Thanks though.
Can you explain how you got your answer?