Assignment:
At noon, ship A is 30 nautical miles due west of ship B. Ship A is sailing west at 17 knots and ship B is sailing north at 19 knots. How fast is the distance between the ships changing at 4 PM, in knots? (1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour).
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.