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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down
no answer posted. I may not need it or use it. I would like to understand the answer to the questions in the post.
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i did answer you.
"6. Read the speed in knots off the scale that best represents the length of the ship."
those numbers are the speed in knots.
if you take just alittle time of playing with it.. it will become VERY clear.
input the length of 150m in the ship length entry window... and then move the seconds hand around wih the right mouse button. as you are doing this... watch the digital readout and compare it to the red 150m scale ring.
you will see that when the speed is at 10kts in the digital readout.. the watch hand crosses the red scale ring at the number 10. When it's at 8kts in the digital readout.. the seconds hand crossess the red scale ring at the number 8.
the numbers go backwards on the scale rings (atleast they appear to be backwards to you) because the longer it takes the ship to move from point A to point B... it's moving SLOWER.. not FASTER.
its not rocket science.. curiousity and intuition goes a long way to understanding the things around you. It's how science itself evolved.