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  • Jul 21, 2009, 01:13 AM
    Danah Shane
    What is the distance and bearing from the starting point?
    Boat travels N 28 degrees 20 minutes E for 86 km. and then N 61 degrees 40 minutes W for 124 km. What is the distance and bearing from the starting point?
  • Jul 21, 2009, 01:15 AM
    Danah Shane

    Distance will be 150.90 using pytagorean theorem.. and the bearing is 304 degrees 44 minutes and 55 secs.
  • Jul 21, 2009, 01:34 AM
    Unknown008
    Yup for the distance, however, you made a mistake with the bearing.

    It is 333 degrees 4 minutes and 35 secs.

    You missed that point:

    let F be the point where the boat is finally situated, O the origin point and I the intermediate point.



    let N be the North direction.




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