Questions:
- Your new sailboat has a waterline
of 36 feet. What is the maximum possible nautical miles that you can expect
to get in 3 hours?
Answer
- Your
friend Will is boasting that his new sailboat has a maximum possible speed
of 8.4 knots. With your newly acquired knowledge of how to determine maximum
speed, determine what is the waterline length of his boat?
Answer
- Jason wants to get to an island
9 nautical miles from the shoreline in 2 hours. Does his sailboat, with a
25-foot waterline, have sufficient maximum speed to accomplish this (provided
the weather also cooperates)? Explain, in detail, how you arrived at your
answer.
Answer
- What would be the smallest waterline
a boat could have, such that the maximum speed would be sufficient that Jason
could get to the island in 2 hours (under ideal conditions)?
Answer
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