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A Note on Conic Envelopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

G. Hoffmann De Visme
G. Hoffmann De Visme*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Manchester College of Science and Technology, Manchester, 1
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An excellent S-level question asks how far a tender capable of 12 knots has to travel to intercept a ship travelling at 20 knots along a course passing within 1 nautical mile of port, the tender leaving port at the latest possible moment. The problem leads to interesting ramifications.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 51 , Issue 376 , May 1967 , pp. 114 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1967 

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