Ask Me Help Desk - Bearings in trig

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)

- Mathematics (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=199)

- - Bearings in trig (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=534387)

Bearings in trig

A ship is 43 miles west and 25 miles south of a harbor. What bearing should the captain set to sail directly to harbor?

1 Attachment(s)

$90-tan^{-1}(\frac{25}{43})$

Here is a half-a**ed drawing I made in Paint. I hope it helps you to see what is going on.

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:08 PM.