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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Listen



Read once and consider very carefully what follows. Then, without lengthy consideration, write down the answer to the question that follows.



Imagine that you are a captain of a ship which is sailing due north in the mid-Atlantic at a speedof 12 knots. After steaming at this speed and in this direction for thirty minutes, the captain gives the order to the engine room to alter course through 180 degrees and then maintain the same speed on the new course for one hour. After another hour the captain orders the engine room to change course through 180 degrees back on the ship's original course of due north, 'to avoid a storm'.


Now write either the answer to the question 'What is the age of the ship's captain?" or 'I don't know'.