Question:

At noon, ship A is 40 nautical miles due west of ship B.

Last updated: 7/19/2022

At noon, ship A is 40 nautical miles due west of ship B.

At noon, ship A is 40 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 21 knots and ship B is sailing north at 24 knots. How fast (in knots) is the distance between the ships changing at 4 PM? (Note: 1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.)