| A ship leaves a port P which lies in latitude 20°N. It sails due east
through 30° of longitude and then through south to Q which lies
on the equator. Calculate the distance it has travelled,
(Take the cicumference of the earth to be 40,000 km).
on the return jouney it sails due west through 30° of longitude and
then due north back to P. Show that the difference in length between
the outward and return jouney is approximately 201 kilometers.
Using this value of 201 km and taking 1 knot to be 1.852 km/hr .
Calculate the difference in time between the two journey assuming
that on each journey the ship sails at an average speed of 25 knots.
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