A boat leaves a dock at 1pm and travels due South at a speed of 20km/h....

A boat leaves a dock at 1pm and travels due South at a speed of 20km/h. Another boat has

been heading due East at 10km/h since 1pm and reaches the same dock at 3:30pm. At what time were

the two boats closest together?

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milcah answered 1 year ago

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