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Question

A ships captain in an attempt to warn off another ship steered his ship parallel and close to the intruder ship. The two ships finally collided. What could have caused the accident??

Answer 1

When the two ships are cross to each other they create a narrow stream of flowing water due to Bernoulli's effect the pressure reduces in between the ships while the water flowing outside part of the ship flow at a slower velocity this produces a corresponding increase in pressure.This makes the ship to be pushed towards each other.