The navigator on a ship sailing on a course of 330 degrees at 15 miles per hour observes a lighthouse due to north of the ship. Twenty minutes later the lighthouse is already due east of the ship. What is the distance between them at that time?

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The navigator on a ship sailing on a course of 330 degrees at 15 miles per hour observes a lighthouse due to north of the ship. Twenty minutes later the lighthouse is already due east of the ship. What is the distance between them at that time?

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