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  • Nov 8, 2011, 07:12 PM
    tamchop
    Help with three figure bearing math problem?
    Columbus set sail on a bearing of 325 degrees from a port in Spain.After sailing for 130km,he was shipwrecked and drifted 200km on a bearing of 202 degrees.

    a.How far is he from port?
    b.On what bearing must the rescue team travel to get Columbus back to the port?
  • Nov 8, 2011, 10:10 PM
    Unknown008
    a. Make a quick sketch, use your trigonometric ratios (cosine rule, or using components) to get the distance from the port.

    b. Use the sine rule here, or use the components again.

    Post what you get! :)
    (or your attempt. It doesn't matter if it's wrong or not, mistakes do not mean the end of the world... yet ;) )

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