Femisco F.
asked 04/02/18Bearings and Trigonometry problem
A ship starts at A and travels 20km due east to point b. It then sails to C which is 10km from B on a bearing of 125 degrees. What is the distance and bearing of C from A?
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Arthur D. answered 04/02/18
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I just did the problem and it did not get posted. What's wrong here ??
draw a diagram
the bearing is always clockwise from the north (vertical) line
connect A and C
AB is horizontal and BC is diagonal at 125º from the vertical
that makes angle ABC 55+90=145º
use the law of cosines
AC2=202+102-2(20)(10)cos145º
AC2=400+100-400(-0.81915)
AC2=500+327.66
AC2=827.66
AC=√827.66
AC=28.769 km and when rounded off becomes 28.8 km
Femisco F.
Now I can see where I went wrong - thank you sir.
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Mark M. answered 04/02/18
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Draw and label of diagram!!!!
∠ABC = 55°
Use Law of Cosines to determine AC.
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