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At 10.a.m.., a ship A is at 40 km to the east of a ship B . Ship A moves at 12 km per hour towards west and ship B moves at `16km*h^(-1)` towards south. When will the distance between them be minimum and what will be the value of this minimum distance ?

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`11:12` a.m, 32 km
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