The acceleration of sail boat is proportional to the difference between velocities of the wind and the boat is
.
, where
is a proportional constant,
is the velocity of wind and
is the velocity of boat.
Consider
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Apply integral on each side.
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Exponentiate each side.
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(a)
\When
, the velocity of wind is
and the boat is at rest
.
When
, the boat velocity is
.
Substitute
,
and
in
.


.
Substitute
,
,
and
in
.




Apply natural logarithm on each side.
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.
Substitute
and
in
.
.
(b)
\The distance traveled by boat is
.





Substitute
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Substitute
in
.

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(a)
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(b)
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