Two ships are 10km apart on a line from ...

Two ships are `10km` apart on a line from south to north.The one farther north is moving towards west at `40kmph` and the other is moving towards north at `40kmph`.Then distance of their closest approach is

`10 km`

`10sqrt2 km`

`10/sqrt2 km`

`20 km`

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`S_(min)=d xx sin theta`

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