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Q3. a. Poor weather conditions cause a reduction in a ship's speed of 2 knots throughout passage of 850 nautical miles, resulting in the ship arriving at its destination 4 hours behind schedule.

Calculate the normal service speed of the ship: (10)

b. Solve for x in the following equation: 1/(x - 2) + 3 = (x + 3)/2 (6)