Question

A plane's flight path called for it to fly from J to W. W is 200kms due North and 500kms due west of J. Draw a coordinate picture. What bearing will the pilot fly and what distance will he or she go in air kilometers?

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Steve
First step. Draw the picture.

Do you know the Pythagorean Theorem?

Can you convert from x-y to headings?
K
Length of side answered. Can not find bearing of angle .4
Steve
if you set J at (0,0), then W is at (-500,200).

Check your formulas, and you will find that the plane's heading (not bearing!) is

360-arctan(200/500)
KING KONG
359.6

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