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A ship sails from Port A on a bearing 065° to Port B a distance 54 km. It then sails on the bearing of 155° from B to Port C a distance of 80 km. Find correct to one decimal place: (i) The distance be
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Part b(i)
The distance between A and C
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A ship sails from Port A on a bearing to Port B a distance . It then sails on the bearing of from B to Port C a distance of . Find correct to one decimal place:
Part b(ii)
The bearing of C from A.
Determine the angle .
Draw a North line at Port A and Port B. Since these North lines are parallel, we can use properties of parallel lines.
The bearing of B from A is . This means the angle between the North line at A and the line segment AB is .
The alternate interior angle between the line segment AB and the South line at B is also .
The bearing of C from B is . This is the angle measured clockwise from the North line at B to the line segment BC.
The angle between the North line at B and the South line at B is .
Therefore, the angle between the South line at B and the line segment BC is .
The angle is the sum of the angle between AB and the South line at B, and the angle between the South line at B and BC.Calculate the distance AC using the Cosine Rule.
In , we have , , and .
Since , we can use the Pythagorean theorem (a special case of the Cosine Rule).Rounding to one decimal place:
The distance between A and C is .
Calculate the bearing of C from A.
First, find the angle in . Since it's a right-angled triangle:
The bearing of C from A is the sum of the bearing of B from A and the angle .
Bearing of C from A =
Bearing of C from A =
Bearing of C from A =
Rounding to one decimal place:
Bearing of C from A
The bearing of C from A is .
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