ECZ 2021 · GCE Paper 1 — Earth Geometry
The diagram below shows the positions of towns A, B and C on the earth's surface. NACS is the prime meridian. A ship takes 26 hours to travel from B to C, a distance of 1 560 nautical miles. Find the speed of the ship in knots.
- A. 26 knots
- B. 60 knots
- C. 600 knots
- D. 40 560 knots
Verified working — step 1
A knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour, so divide the distance in nautical miles by the time in hours.The full step-by-step working and final answer, plus the video lesson for this topic, are included with Premium — checked against ECZ marking standards.
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