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  • Sep 13, 2010, 05:10 PM
    nicdijah
    Bearing and course trigonometry. How to solve?
    Two small boats leave an island at the same time. Boat A travels due North for 21 miles and Boat B travels due West for 18 miles. How far apart are the boats and what is the bearing of boat A from boat B? How about the bearing of boat B from boat A?
  • Sep 14, 2010, 07:08 AM
    galactus
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    Just use Pythagoras to find the distance between the boats.

    For the bearing from B to A,

  • Jan 20, 2013, 12:47 PM
    raymonspicy
    A surveyor leaves her base camp and drives 42km on a bearing of 32 degrees. She then drives 28km on a bearing of 154 degrees. How far is she then from her base camp and what is her bearing from it?

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