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(7) A small ship capable of making a speed of 6 knots through water maintains a heading due east while being set to the south by an ocean current. If the ship travels from A to B, a distance of 10 nautical miles in two hours, determine the speed of the current vc and its direction measured from the east. N(0°) 10 Ans: vc = 1.383 knots, β= 141.1. CW

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