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Contents
Problem
A ship travels from point to point
along a semicircular path, centered at Island
. Then it travels along a straight path from
to
. Which of these graphs best shows the ship's distance from Island
as it moves along its course?
Solution
The distance from Island to any point on the semicircle will always be constant. On the graph, this will represent a straight line. The distance between Island
and line
will not be constant though. We can easily prove that the distance between
and line
will represent a curve. As the ship travels from
to
, the distance between the ship and Island
will first decrease until it reaches the point
so that
is perpendicular to
, and then increase afterwards. Hence the answer choice that fits them all is
.
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibhy_qcQXiw ~David
See Also
2003 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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