Two radio antennas are 10 km apart on a north-south axis on a seacoast. The antennas broadcast identical AM radio signals, in phase, at a frequency of 4.70 MHz

A steamship, 200 km offshore, travels due north at a speed of 15 km/hr and passes east of the antennas. A radio on board the ship is tuned to the broadcast frequency. The reception of the radio signal on the ship is a maximum at a given instant. The time interval until the next occurrence of maximum reception is closest to: A) 5.1 min
B) 3.8 min
C) 6.4 min
D) 7.7 min
E) 8.9 min


A

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