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 .
Apply integral on each side.
\Exponentiate each side.
\.
(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.
\.
Substitute and
in
.
.
(b)
\The distance traveled by boat is .
Substitute .
.
Substitute in
.
.
(a) .
(b) .